After our daughter was diagnosed with a severe case of idiopathic scoliosis we went searching for information on what to expect. We didn't find any. Well, not much at least. There were lots of medical mumbo-jumbo and a few personal experiences, but nothing that chronicled the journey and what parents and patients could actually expect. While Dad was suggesting that the patient, Princess Pants, start a journal Mom was creating this blog space. The goal: provide information based on real-world experiences so that the next person to come looking for the information we so desperately sought would have it at their fingertips.
The Journey Starts Here
- The Beginning
- Waiting
- Princess Pants: My side of the story
- Mom: Wait times suck.
- Dad: Overly Emotional Hypochondriac Father Weighs In
- Mom: 2nd opinion
- Dad: We're in the 21st Century, Right?
- More Waiting
- Princess Pants: the day before
- Mom: Progress!
- Princess Pants: After the appointment
- Mom: MRI done
- Dad: It's In You To Give
- Princess Pants: growing up sucks(sometimes)
- Mom: Late November Progress Report
- The Clock Starts
- Dad: Opinion: Seconded. Motion: Carried.
- Mom: A date! (Maybe)
- Mom: We have a date!
- Princess Pants: Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhh!😖 I just got back from yoga an...
- Mom: Pre-op confirmed. I guess we are doing this.
- Dad: The Countdown Is On (And Dad Chimes In)
- The Final Countdown
- Princess Pants: I'm scared. I'm scared that it hurts when I stan...
- Princess Pants: 2.0% of girls between the ages of 8 and 18 are ...
- Mom: T minus 13
- Mom: T minus 6
- A Different Kind of Waiting
- Dad: T minus 2h 9min
- Dad: And So It Begins
- Dad: More Than Halfway?
- Mom: passing the time. lots of time.
- Dad: The Final Countdown
- Everything is Okay, But...
- Healing
- Dad: She's Ba-ack!
- Mom: What a difference a day makes
- Mom: post - operative day 2 update
- Dad: Tales From The Ward
- Dad: Day 2 in the books and we take some questions
- Dad: Quotes and SATs
- Passing the Tests
- Dad: She Walks!
- Mom: Post - op Day 3
- Dad: Post-op Night 3 and What's On Tap for Day 4
- Mom: Day 4? What time is it? Where are we?
- Dad: Post Op Night #4 and a HUGE Morning
- Mom: No strings attached
- Mom: All flushed out
- Mom: Climbing stairs like a boss
- Mom: Last hospital day :D
- Home Sweet Home
- Mom: Home again, home again, jiggity-jig
- Dad: Ten Days, Two Inches
- Dad: A Picture and a Song
- Mom: Just a few random thoughts
- Princess Pants: Hi! Nice to talk to all you guys again. I'm healin...
- Mom: 17 days post-op
- Mom: 3 weeks post surgery and all is well
- Princess Pants: I'm going to school!
- Mom: The great return
- Dad: A New Routine
- Mom: We have reading!
- Mom: Orthopedic shoes and a scar.
- Mom: make that a bad-ass scar
- Houston, We Have Progress
- Dad: The Hard Part Is Going To Be Slowing Her Down
- Mom: 2 months post-surgery
- Mom: Out for a ride
- Mom: The one where going to McDonald's makes me cry
- Dad: Bent But Not Broken Blood Drive Update
- Princess Pants: It's in you
- Princess Pants: hello again
- Houston, We Have a Teenager
- Princess Pants: The fall
- Princess Pants: I was thinking last night.......
- Princess Pants: grade seven. The ( not quite) end
- Princess Pants: Just a random weird thought
- Dad: The Joy of Vance
- Back to School
- Princess Pants: hello Argentina
- Princess Pants: Yoga
- Princess Pants: hello again.
- Princess Pants: hello again. Again...
- Princess Pants: Just an update.
- Princess Pants: Good luck Gonzalo!
- One Year
- Dad: Minutes
- Dad: Happy Anniversary