We were laughing yesterday because Brian was still trying to talk Cali into playing basketball but she said no, She's decided she's going to swim.
What is funny about it is Cali has a lisp when it comes to saying her S's so when we were talking about her having scoliosis and swimming and her name being Saunders and she had a S-curve and so on, it was just funny.
So here's the Ssssscoop...Dr. Mathison Cali called me yesterday morning and said that he had talked to Dr. Didelot. He is the pediatric orthopedic surgeon who will be seeing Cali at St. Vincent's Peyton Manning Hospital. Anyway, Dr. Mathison had told me earlier in the week that Cali's curve was 40 degrees and he was certain that they would want to do surgery and probably sooner than later. I was actually prepared to hear that and somewhat relieved because if it is a battle to get her to brush her teeth and wash her face, I can't imagine what a fight it would be to get her to wear a brace 22 hours a day! It would be much easier to operate and be done with it. And I had talked to people and read a lot about the surgery. If we are going to have to do it eventually, let's do it now before she gets into high school sports. So I'm off on a rabbit trail a bit. Getting back to Dr. Mathison calling me yesterday...he said that 40 degrees isn't necessarily the point at which they do surgery nowadays. It's now 60 degrees. He (Dr. D) said he would have to see the x rays himself and see Cali and make a determination based on her growth, age, where the curve is, etc. So basically we really only know that she does have scoliosis and that her curve is 40 degrees. We go on Thursday to find out more.
Dr. Mathison did say that he was surprised that Cali wasn't in a lot of pain. She's not. At least she doesn't complain. She twists around a lot as though she's trying to pop her back but she's being tough...and she's not my tough kid when it comes to pain and illness.
So again, we wait and pray and pray and wait.
In the meantime, she has decided that she's going to join the swim team:)
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Hannah loves that song too. She wants to sing it at the Spring Show for Panache. I will be praying for you and Cali tomorrow. Being a Mom is so hard sometimes, but we know where our strength comes from. (I still think you should buy that house) :)
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