Scoliosis Living

Our family lives in the New England area and our daughter wore a Boston Brace for her scoliosis. She started in 2014, wore it 18 hrs/day for a year, then 8-10 hrs for 6 mo. She is now brace-free. We refer to her as Dancer Girl. Her younger sister was also diagnosed with scoliosis (2016). She is referred to as Cello Girl. So far, she does not need a brace. We are not doctors or specialists, and nothing on this page should be taken as medical advice. We are simply sharing our journey.

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Sunburns and the brace

Today Dancer Girl was at the beach for most of the day with the youth group. It was lots of fun but she came home with a horrible sunburn covering a big percentage of her body. She is literally glowing and radiating heat as she sits covered with aloe vera and wet cloths all over to cool herself down.

Painful lesson learned on the need to reapply sunscreen at the beach...

She can hardly have anything touch her skin so I can't see how we can expect her to wear her brace to bed tonight. And possibly not for most of tomorrow...