The other night as I was giving Melodie a shower she asked me a question that really made me realize my little girl is growing up.  She looked at me with this blushing look on her face and asked me if her doctor was married.  I asked her why do you want to know if he is married and she told me that she really likes him and that he is her boyfriend.  My initial thought was woah woah woah little girl you will not have any boyfriends until you are like 30 hahahaha.  It is actually pretty funny how her face turns when she hears this doctor’s name.  This is the doctor that did her hamstring release surgery in 2013 and for her to say that after knowing what she went through with that surgery is big.  This is drama queen Melodie we are talking about.

Back in October of last year she saw him to get a baseline for her scoliosis which at the time was 27 degrees.  The follow up was 6 months after which was in April and her scoliosis had taken a drastic turn to 45 degrees.  She is at the prime age of her growth and the chances of it increasing drastically again was pretty high.  After much consideration and thinking it was decided that the best decision is to have the surgery to correct her scoliosis.  The decision was made in April but I didn’t want to tell her then because I know that she worries and gets anxious easily.  I thought it would be best to let her find out at the pre-op appointment with her “boyfriend”.  Her pre-op appointment was yesterday and she just stared at him and heard everything he said about the surgery, every question I asked and ever answer he gave.  She took it pretty well and so far has just asked about the surgery but doesn’t seem nervous or anxious like she usually gets.  Recently she had been complaining that her back and side hurt so maybe she knows that this will fix it and is okay with it or maybe it just hasn’t hit her yet.  She may be still dreaming about her doctor haha

This is her baseline x-ray from October when her scoliosis was 27 degrees.  I didn’t get a picture of the one from April but it is noticeable without an x-ray where she is walking to the side and it is also negatively impacting her bending her knees again to compensate for it.  On Wednesday June 17th she will have her surgery and she will be in good hands as her doctor specializes in scoliosis and this is what he does every day.  Her first crush is going to fix her as she likes to say….