Dancing again!
A mother's personal account of her daughter's Scoliosis surgery
By Kathy Trucchio from Miami, Fl. on April 26, 2006 in Scoliosis
I am writing this just to tell about something that happened to me and my daughter, a little over a year ago. My hope is that it will offer some reassurance to other people finding themselves in a similar situation. Standing here, on the other side of it,having made it through, shoud be reassuring enough to anyone facing Scoliosis surgery. But there's so much more to tell.
My daughter, Lisa, was 14 when she was diagnosed with severe adolecent idiopathic scoliosis. To say that this was unbelieveable and shocking is to say the very least. Lisa was a dancer, having been trained in Ballet for the past 5 years. She was a healthy 14-year-old, just starting high school. She had auditioned for the cademy of Vsual and Performing Arts at the Magnet High School, and was accepted to be in the dance program, chosen among the few out of hundreds of applicants. She was in perfect shape, had a dancer's body, well, she still does,but there's a story to tell. But the main idea of the long story of hoe she got to today is that she's even stronger now. She is now two years after her surgery having had a 90 degree and 60 degree curve corrected with rods, she is still dancing, and in her third year of performances. Words can't express the feeling of watching her on stage with her class......
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