Maggi’s still resting well.  All is good… The reason for the update is actually to correct some information from earlier… We had stated that her 70+ degree curve was reduced by half… What they ended up telling us was that her 85 degree curve was reduced to 50 degrees. That’s still a huge improvement! Love [...]

It’s FINALLY here… NO rescheduling… NO cancelling… It’s time to get this thing done! Here’s the timeline as we know it right now: 05:35am – Arrived at Scottish Rite and checked-in for surgery 06:15am – Assigned to a pre-op room; nurses began taking vitals 07:30am – Nurses gave Maggi albuterol breathing treatment (to help open [...]

Maggi has surgery to insert a Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib (VEPTR rod) to expand rib cage, and begin the straightening process of the scoliosis. Surgery was successful, correcting her 85 degree scoliosis curve to 50 degrees! Basically, before this surgery was performed, Maggi was slowly suffocating to death. The curvature of her spine was [...]