The Lull

And so every 6 months or so, we headed to the local hospital and took x-rays. As you can see, the quality of these x-rays varied, and so too, the degree of the curve. We were assured that a 3° variance in the Cobb angle (the way of measuring the curve) is an acceptable variance – one that we need not worry too much about. By June 2011, we found that the curve had remained the same, and it seemed that his condition looked quite stable for the time being. We came out of that meeting with hopeful hearts, even though we were warned to be on the lookout for the slightest indication that the curve was starting to deteriorate again, especially when Daryl hits his big growth spurt…