4 June 2018 update
4 June 2018A big thank you for all the well wishes and donations. We have no words to express our gratitude but hope you know that the Thank You is from the bottom of our hearts.
It has been a bit of an emotional week. We had new X-rays done and Michelle's curves progressed further to Thoracic 59/60 and Lumbar 48.
The surgery date is drawing closer and we will be flying out in less than a month.
Preparations are in full swing.
We are praying and trusting that she will be ok when we fly out.
What many people don't know is that Michelle had a tailbone injury at the end of February which caused a pilonidal abscess that had to be surgically drained. The wound didn't heal as it should have and her surgeon wanted to do a second surgery two weeks ago. There won't be enough time for it to heal before we fly out and he agreed to re-asses when we are back from Germany. His advice to us was to postpone the surgery in Germany. We are reluctant to do that due to the fast progression of her curves.....Phew....the past few weeks has been trying. Michelle did not enjoy the daily wound packing and dressing etc. we hope and pray that she won't get an infection in the area again as that would cause major issues. She has been on three courses of antibiotics in the last 3 months and will have another course when she has the spine surgery.
We will keep you posted with progress.
Once again....Thank You for your love, prayers and support!!!