Hello, want to introduce myself and my son Jonas to this board for 1st time :)

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Dear ,

Whoever told you to "wait & see" should be shot. 44 degrees in one so young is very significant. And whatever decision a parent comes to it is through a process which should not be hurried or jeopardised in any way. What a prat that doctor is.

Min Mehta is a colleague of my own surgeon in England, but I get the feeling that her casting of infants has taken off not in the UK but only through 's hard work in the USA which began, I believe around 2003.

Lida in London

-----Original Message-----From: infantile_scoliosis [mailto:infantile_scoliosis ] On Behalf Of Sent: 18 December 2008 16:24To: infantile_scoliosis Subject: Hello, want to introduce myself and my son Jonas to this board for 1st time

Shriners had a "wait and see" attitude, saying theres a slight chance he could "grow out of it" and to come back in 3 months. We went back to Dr Karl 2nd time and there was no chance still 44% and at this point he suggested to wait till he was walking and to expect preventative casting and future surguries involving rods along spine etc. We went to shriners 2nd time they had similar opinion, but seemed a tad frustrated that we were going to different doctors and suggested we make a decision on who was going to treat jonas. Dont get me wrong. shriners is wonderful and people there are very nice, just got the impression that the doctor there felt we were wasting his time while on quote "there are other patients with no insurance waiting a long time to be seem, i dont know why you would travel so far when you have excellent health coverage and a doctor closer by that can see him"