Emerson's Scoliosis Journey

We have decided to go with the casting option.  It seems better than bracing and waiting.  The first cast will be put on November 10th.  Before the cast they will check her heart to make sure everything is okay, since that was the only thing not checked in the prior tests.  Then we will wait around (with a  hungry baby) for the first cast.  She will be asleep for the procedure and they say we'll be able to go home afterwards.  We are praying that we have made the right decision.  So, our casting life begins...

After noticing a bump on our little Emerson's back at 5 months old, she had her first x-ray.  Since then we have done physical therapy, taken her to a chiropractor, had another x-ray, an MRI, CT scan, and ultrasound, and have visited with two separate doctors on what their plan for her would be.  The diagnosis is congenital scoliosis, which means her spine is curved because there is something that didn't form correctly as she developed.  She has two vertebrae that are partial, so instead of being a rectangle, they are wedges.  The measures of her curves are 58 and 72.  Option #1:  Put a brace on her and do a surgery after she is 2 years old (probably closer to 3).  During surgery the partial vertebrae would be taken out and they will fuse the spine together at those points.  Some small rods would be put in at that point to support the fuse.  After surgery she would be casted and then have a brace, but would ...