Evan was born a healthy baby boy with no abnormalities. When he was 2 and 1/2 months old, a dear friend of mine noticed that his back looked asymmetrical and recommended that we refer this to his pediatrician.

After being examined by his peditrician, she referred us to a pediatric orhopedic specialist in NC. When we went, they did several x-rays of Evan's spine and told us that he did have idiopathic infantile scoliosis and his curve was at 28 degrees and that we would "wait and see" if his curve progresses and come back in 3 months.

My husband and I didn't feel comfortable with waiting, so we begun to research. After an MRI and another consultation with another pediatric orthopedic , he determined that Evan's scoliosis had progressed 10 degrees in less than two months. His recommendation was either bracing or surgery. I presented him with a DVD that I had ordered from the Infantile Scoliosis Outreach Program (a href="http://www.infantilescoliosis.org">www.infantilescoliosis.org) which discussed early treatment using a series of specialized plaster of paris jackets.

He was open to learning the tecnique, however, we took Evan to a hospital that had been trained in the Mehta technique. Evan had his first plaster of paris jacket applied at Shriner's Hospital March 2006 and it has corrected his curvature from 46 degrees with an RVAD of 64 to 8 degrees and minimal rotation without the need for invasive surgery. Evan is now wearing a brace 23 hours per day to help maintian the correction that he's achieved through early treatment.

I am blessed and thankful that I found the Infantile Scoliosis Outreach Program and am a dedicated volunteer to help them raise funds to continue facilitating training sessions for physicians in the USA and abroad to learn early treatment.

Early detection +Early treatment =Success.

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