Totally active family.

We are a very active family.  Sometimes we are active apart (I work out daily, Andy lifts weights daily, the kids do their gymnastics and baseball).  But, sometimes we are active together.  Being active helps all areas of your life – spiritual, emotional, and it can only help any physical ailments you have, if you

Spring in full bloom!

This was just one of many jam-packed weeks on our calendar this spring, but it was a very good one.  This has really been a big week for “V”, and it started on the ball field.  “V” is in T-ball and loving every bit of it!  His team prefers tackle-style T-ball, and, until the coach puts the

My darling boy!

Here is an exerpt from a conversation with my 5-year-old son, “V”, this morning as we were driving home: Me: “What would you like for your TV time?” “V”: “I’ll give you three clues.  First, What am I playing now?” Me: “Transformers” “V”: “CORRECT!  Two, now how many people are in our family?” Me: “Four” “V”:

Big Trucks do wonderous things!

This afternoon the big trucks were out on the country roads near my house as I made my way home from running errands.  They were in the process of doing some much-needed cleanup on our drainage ditches.  I ran home, unloaded the groceries, packed my lunch, and headed out to get “V” from school.  He had

The sweet smell of life during foul smelling times

The reminders today have come from both ends of the spectrum.  A friend mentioned that he had to sit and wait while his co-workers were picked off slowly, one by one – laid off from their jobs as he waited to be let go of his.  Every day it seems we are reminded of the

The ever-scary visit to the orthopedic surgeon

We went this morning to the pediatric orthopedic surgeon for my daughter’s checkup and my son’s first visit.  He has a mild case (which we knew), and “C” is holding at a 55degree curve.  It’s a scary level, but they are still not recommending surgery, so we hold onto hope.  “V”:  The first thing she said

Cast of characters

For those of you who do not (yet) know my family, I thought I would introduce the cast of characters. First, there’s me: Tina.  I am the one in the family without scoliosis, but I do have my spinal challeges anyway (playing the violin since the age of 4 has put a kink in things

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After I had my daughter nestled comfortably in her Spinecor brace, I continued to spend time on the message boards only to find that a lot of moms needed solutions for their children and how they could maneuver in the brace and use the facilities while in their brace.  Each doctor appointment we went to resulted in the  same

Starting the adventure

Well, now that I’ve given a quick overview of how we started dealing with this disease, I can now elaborate a bit more on some specifics for us.  After finding out that my daughter had a 25ish degree curve on both the top and the bottom of the S (thoracic and lumbar) -the exact numbers