5th Surgery for Maggi! Please pray for Maggi’s first “rod lengthening” surgery that Dr. Devito will perform. As Maggi grows with the VEPTR 2 rod that was placed in her spine on 7/21/08, pressure is placed on the titanium rod and needs to be lengthened. This should be an out-patient surgery, depending on how Maggi [...]

Maggi’s spine was at 85 degrees curvature before surgery on 7/21/08. Her 8 week post-op appointment showed her spine was at 55 degrees! How exciting! She is eating, sleeping and breathing better! We could not be happier. On 10/10/08, we took Maggi back to the orthopedist. Maggi’s spine curvature increased to 65 Degrees in such [...]