Guest guest Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 Took the ten year old into the hospital today, 7 stitches below his knee. Amazing how wicked a rose bush can be eh?! Anyone know much about " funnel chest " ? My little one has it. It has lately started to bother him. Oh the diagnosis is mine, he's going in for the official diagnosis on Jan 8, but I know a concave chest when I see one. I know that it might require surgery to correct it. Has anyone got any info on this, how difficult the surgery is etc.? K -- Cheers! Kathleen Petrides The Woobey Queen Http://www.woobeyworld.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 > but I know a concave chest when I see one. I know that it might require surgery to correct it. Has anyone got any info on this, how difficult the surgery is etc.? ********** K, My son has the opposite problem. He has a protruding chest ( it looks like he has a fist on his chest). We have either Marfan Syndrome or Elher's Danlos Syndrome though and this is one of the " normal " signs of these disorders. He was sent to a cardio-thoraxic surgeon after we took him to an orthopedic to get an opinion. All agreed that we would wait and see if it stayed the same or got worse. If it doesn't get worse, he'll be okay. They stressed that he MUST sit and stand STRAIGHT - no slouching because that would put downward pressure on it and make it worse. He's 17 now and so far so good. He is also not allowed to participate in most sports, but we can't anyway because of our aforementioned genetic connective tissue disorder. Has he been evaluated by a geneticist to see if perhaps there is a reason for this. Most likely it is a fluke, but it may be wise to check it out. Diana Diana's in Hubbard, Ohio http://www.Dianascraft-antiqueshop.4t.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2006 Report Share Posted December 22, 2006 If this issue should prove to be an orthopedic problem, you might check with a Shriner in your area, because a Shriner's Hospital may be able to treat the problem free of charge. We have a Shriner's Hospital in Spokane, WA that my (now 22-year-old) daughter went to and was treated some years ago with no charge to me or my insurance at that time. Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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