Found out Alaina (little sister) actually has bad/potentially severe scoliosis today. They had kept her monitored all the while I was undergoing treatment (had yrs of backbrace and surgery in 2001)- and they had recorded a slight curve in her- but just kept a watchful eye out and nothing more. Well, last we knew her curve was around 10-15 I believe- went for a check up today (as recommended by her regular doctor)- she has one big curve at the top of her back- 41 degrees. A big difference since the last time they had her checked. I was shocked. Now she is too old to brace (16). And this isn't enough to do surgery yet.. but they are seeing her again in about 7 months- and if her curve goes up to 50 they are going to start discussing surgery.

I am cross posting this to gotscoliosis because I was skeptical- and so was she about continually getting check ups- we did not think that her small curve would ever amount to anything. They warned us that siblings of scoliosis patients are much more likely to also have severe scoliosis. We ignored it- and probably shouldn't have. :-/

At least we know what to expect from here-