Scottish Rite

Today was Natalie's appointment at Scottish Rite. Dr. Richards checked the progress of her feet. I am not sure if you remember from my past blogs, but when Natalie was born they thought she might have clubfoot. She did not, but they wanted to monitor her feet. Her feet are looking better; we still have some stretching to do, but that is nothing.

We also had an xray done to look at her spine. Natalie definitely has scoliosis. She is actually missing two ribs on her left side and has a 28 degree curve of her spine right now laying down. They are going to monitor her twice a year for now as she grows to see what we need to do. Several things could happen:

1. The curve in her spine could stay the same

2. The curve could get much worse, which could be fixed by a brace

3. The curve could get really bad and need a spinal fusion (surgery where they place rods in her spine)

We also had an ultra sound on her kidneys done. They said that sometimes with scoliosis comes kidney problems. We should find out the results next week.

Again, as I sit in these clinics at Scottish Rite and at Children's, I realized that our situation could be much worse and I am so blessed. I know whatever the future holds for us we can handle, because God will lead us day by day.

Natalie has her 6 month well check up this next week.