UPDATE -- Another Surgery (next week) ...

Hey everyone,

Sorry we haven't posted in about a week ... everything has been going pretty good (so we thought) until her "follow up" appointment with her surgeon today. She had two new x-rays taken (below). You can see on the second x-ray that the "hook" is not on the lumbar vertebrae like it should be.





All of the cases that we've read about, Sydney's doctor has talked about it, we've seen it in literature about the device and the procedure ... the device can "fail". In other words, the VEPTR device could bend, break or move ... it's one of the "risks" of the device. We knew at one point or another that this was going to happen to our little angel. We just didn't think it would be sooooo soon.

Please continue to keep Sydney in your prayers. She is currently scheduled to have her surgery to correct this next Tuesday, August 14th.

With love,
-A4

p.s. At least Sydney's incisions looked great today ... they've healed wonderfully and she got the "thumbs up" from her doctor to go swimming. She's got 7 days until the procedure -- 7 days of swimming. Anyone with a pool need some company?!? Sydney's got her bathing suit and towel ready. =)