Scoliosis

Today was Brian's scoliosis check up. These are annual check ups he has had since he was 2. It turns out that he is not done growing, there is still a space between his growth plates, so the doctor feels like surgery is still out of the question as of now. The scoliosis is expected to get worse as he grows. He is already at almost a 50 degree curvature and this doctor does do surgery at 50. But because of Brian's uniqueness we wait a little longer. Brian has been having some back pains that I have been recording them over the year and presented to the doctor and he thinks I should keep up on monitoring it and if the pain becomes unbearable then I take him back in because we would have to worry about spinal core stuff. I asked my questions and one of them was about his hunch back and will surgery help it a lot but not eliminate it. Brian at that point educated the doctor on a moob ( translation "man boob") Because of the twisting in his spin one of his pecks is bigger the the other and he calls it his moob. The doctor actually laughed. (This is the same doctor that when he was checking Brian's reflexes in his knee last year Brian kicked the other leg he just sat there for a minute and then, with a straight face, says "Oh I get it he is being funny" and never once cracked a smile.) He might not have such a predominate moob after he is fixed. Brian is a little bummed about that. He says it's his staple. So until next year Brian is free from being cut open. But if probably can't be avoided for ever.