Congenital Kyphosis
Have you lifted your kid’s backpack lately? Ugh! When I first got my Nook, I commented to friends that I hoped schools went to eReaders one day. My son, Nathan, had back surgery to correct Congenital Kyphosis a few years ago. He’s doing well, but I’ve worried about the toll heavy books might take on [...]
Annual checkups are an important part of maintaining Nathan’s heart and back health. Recently, Bryan, daughter Michelle, and I traveled with Nathan to Children’s Hospital in New Orleans to see how his heart looks four years after surgery to correct Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (PAPVR), a problem associated with his scimitar syndrome. The echocardiogram [...]
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This little news segment ran on our local station, WLOX, back in 2007. Nathan was five years old and was just a few months recovered from heart surgery to correct PAPVR (Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return), a component of scimitar syndrome. His sister, Michelle, presented him as her everyday hero at a school luncheon. Nathan [...]
“This is great, Mom,” Nathan said as I pulled in at Lynn Meadows Discovery Center. “It reminds me of my childhood.” Nathan is only eight-years old, but seems to believe he is no longer in his childhood. In a way, I understand his perspective. After all, he was a regular at “Meadows” (Nathan-speak for LMDC) [...]
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The Sunday before Nathan’s back surgery (to correct Congenital Kyphosis), I knew his last fun event would be the Awana Club meeting held that night at our church, Grace Memorial. By the week’s end, he would be recovering in a body cast, a fact that had Bryan, me, and other family members sad and worried. [...]
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