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Scoliosis Awareness Month: Shriners Hospital for Children-Chicago hosting a picnic to celebrate Scoliosis families!

Scoliosis Awareness Month: Shriners Hospital for Children-Chicago hosting a picnic to celebrate Scoliosis families!
We are truly blessed to be part of a large family in our scoliosis journey!  The families in the Lucky Cast Club know at any time you will have a family of friends here to support your journey.  We celebrate the good news, mourn the bad and pick each other up from the low points... Read more »
By LCC-Catie D,
May 17, 2012 at 2:03 pm
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Summer: 60 days and Counting

We have entered a new realm of realization with our little guy.  He is a very wise three year old.  Yesterday we were preparing to go to my nieces baby “shower”.  He said, “I can’t go, I have a cast on.” Slightly puzzled I said,”Your cast doesn’t mean you can’t have cake and fun.” William... Read more »
By LCC-Catie D,
May 14, 2012 at 11:09 am
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Surrender: Mommy needs a time out

Surrender: Mommy needs a time out
There are days where being a mom is the best job in the world and days where I simply want to run away.  The past couple of weeks I have to say I have had less than stellar moments in mommyland.  I love my little villains but have found myself turning into a wretched version... Read more »
By LCC-Catie D,
May 9, 2012 at 12:48 pm
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Cast Blind: Now if they could just teach us!

I love the innocence of toddlers.  My friend Kelli posted a sweet video of Miss Rylie dancing around the living room in her cast and diaper this week.  William perched beside me watching Rylie.  He giggled, covered his mouth and said she is so naked!  I could not stop smiling!  Both are covered in a... Read more »
By LCC-Catie D,
May 4, 2012 at 2:51 pm
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Karma: Lifes great teacher

Few things clear my head like a ride in the car.  No kids screaming in the background, just me, the open road & good music to get my mind turning.  I have often used the car and a drive to quench my thirst for calm.  It is my meditation, my calm.  Many a good argument... Read more »
By LCC-Catie D,
April 24, 2012 at 1:18 pm
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Routine: What is that?

Cast #12 is on.  To say the day was routine would imply there is anything routine about casting.  I was humbled today by the process I claim to be a veteran of.  I broke all the rules I set for myself on cast day.  Stay calm, come to cast day with no preconceived notions of... Read more »
By LCC-Catie D,
April 17, 2012 at 7:11 am
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Casting for Infantile Scoliosis: This isn't your momma's Risser.

Casting for Infantile Scoliosis: This isn't your momma's Risser.
So the blog I have been working on all week obviously wasn’t the one meant for this week.  No matter how many times I have edited, re-written or obsessed it just didn’t have the same gusto the topic deserved.  Quite possibly I was holding back, not addressing what really needed to be addressed.  That little... Read more »
By LCC-Catie D,
April 15, 2012 at 7:41 am
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Good Friday: I am not well with my circumstance, I am well with my soul

Good Friday: I am not well with my circumstance, I am well with my soul
I have stated so many times in life as well as in my blogs, I am sensitive to writing from a religious perspective.  Although I am Catholic, I would never want my writing to exclude others who don’t have the same beliefs.  I respect the diversity religion presents.  So with the preemptive caveat here it... Read more »
By LCC-Catie D,
April 6, 2012 at 9:26 am
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The Dr.'s: Veptr Surgery explored,Why not prevention?

I was sitting at my computer working this morning when I received a voicemail from my father in law. “Catie, this is dad.  That show the Dr’s is showing that scoliosis surgery if you want to watch. ” Since William’s diagnosis our family has been very pro-active about sharing information.  We have developed excellent filters for... Read more »
By LCC-Catie D,
March 28, 2012 at 5:54 pm
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Old Eggs: There goes that theory...

Old Eggs: There goes that theory...
If you have been following us for a while the you know I have a wild imagination.  With the diagnosis “Idiopathic Infantile Scoliosis” comes the need to find out the Idiopathic part of their world. I don’t like the no answer, answer to why my son has Scoliosis.  I have researched family history looking for a... Read more »
By LCC-Catie D,
March 19, 2012 at 10:58 am
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