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 [...]

Maggi’s orthopedic surgeon Dr. Devito ran x-rays and found that her spine curvature has increased to 65 degrees in such a short amount of time. Surgery to lengthen the VEPTR 2 Rod has been scheduled for December 3, 2008. This surgery was hoped to be done at the end of January, but with Maggi’s sudden [...]