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Surgery date move - 9/27/2022
We had a scoliosis checkup this morning with Dr. Hoernschemeyer. Today’s goal was to check the brace (make sure it’s fitting him right...
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Amber
- Jul 7
- 1 min
More positive progress for VBT
As most of you know Brett is having Vertebral Body Tethering (VBT) surgery on (tentative) August 23. This is a very new procedure which...
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Amber
- Apr 29
- 3 min
It's surgery (VBT) and a doctor switch
Ever since his scoliosis diagnosis at the age of 7, we never wanted surgery for our boy. So we “braced up” starting at age 9. This past...
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Amber
- Feb 22
- 2 min
I call today “Pray hard for the 2”.
Today marked, probably our worst day since the scoliosis diagnosis just over 4 years ago. Brett has been in a brace now for 4 years,...
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Amber
- Oct 12, 2021
- 1 min
We "keep on, keepin' on!"
Brett's quarterly spine checkup: he has grown AN INCH AND A HALF since June with... no change to the spine. Yay! Dr. Bridwell, you can...
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Amber
- Feb 1, 2021
- 1 min
3 years already?
Mercy, where does time go? Next month marks 3 years of Brett and his scoliosis journey wearing a back brace. We are so thankful for Dr....
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Amber
- Oct 21, 2019
- 1 min
Wash it first
Today, Brett left Brace #1 in the dust. We drove up to BJC and he was fitted for brace #2. He inspires me with his attitude. He came out...
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Amber
- Aug 29, 2019
- 1 min
We'll take some good news!
Update on Brett from today: (Previous one below) He just visited with Dr. Bridwell, Orthopedic Surgeon at Washing University – We...
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Amber
- May 16, 2019
- 2 min
I give this visit a C....
I’m trying to keep my tone very neutral in this because keep in mind, Dr. Bridwell is an Orthopedic Surgeon. So as you can imagine, his...
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Amber
- Jan 15, 2019
- 2 min
Eehhh... could have gone better, could have gone worse
Brett’s appointment with Dr. Bridwell (Orthopedic Surgeon at Washington University) was Thursday, January 10th, and I’m just now getting...
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Amber
- Sep 10, 2018
- 1 min
Praise the Lord! Brace continues to work
Today was the 6 month check-up. That means he's been wearing the brace for 6 months now. All looks good. No movement on curve (which is...
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Amber
- May 7, 2018
- 1 min
Praise the Lord! The brace is working
The visit with Dr. Bridwell couldn’t have gone any better. This was just simply an x-ray, with the brace on, to ensure the...
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Amber
- Mar 13, 2018
- 1 min
"How's he doing with the brace?"
We are on day 6, therefore he wore it today for 6 hours. Jeff showed up at school to put the brace on him around 11.. We took it off of...
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Amber
- Mar 8, 2018
- 1 min
We have the brace!
He got it! We had to stop at Ikea to make it a fun trip to St. Louis. His response? "mom look! I can now play the drums on my stomach!"...
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Amber
- Feb 13, 2018
- 2 min
Scoliosis it is... Brace we must do
So it didn't go the best but it could have gone worse. .. that's the way we have to look at life sometimes instead of throwing a pitty...
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Amber
- Mar 28, 2016
- 1 min
Orthopedic Surgeon - Dr. Keith Bridwell
We saw the Orthopedic Surgeon for Brett’s spine on Friday. He did say he wants to see Brett every 9 months to watch his spine grow. He...
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Amber
- Feb 1, 2016
- 1 min
Scoliosis journey begins
During one of our visual therapy sessions with Dr. Sally Bodenhamer... a text I sent to Jeff... Remind me to tell you about his head turn...
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Amber
- Jul 21, 2009
- 1 min
Always "bleed blue" we love the Royals
It's been a long time since we last wrote about our little trooper. Brett is just 7 weeks away from September 8th (when his helmet can...
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Amber
- Jan 27, 2009
- 1 min
OK one more update... just proud :)
I know I said that the last update was the "last update" but he's made such amazing headway on his recovery that I just had to be the...
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Amber
- Jan 9, 2009
- 2 min
Brett in his cute helmet
Please forgive me if you've already received this information but we've told so many people, it's hard to remember who we have and...
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