MRI Review

On Tuesday, the surgeon told us the good news... no pathologies, other than idiopathic scoliosis were found. Bending films show MJ to be "extremely flexible." His doctor did a fine job describing his condition. He told MJ he would need surgery in order to stop the curve from progressing further. After he told him MJ said, "what about those needles?" And the doctor said, "what needles?" MJ said "you know, those long, sharp, pointy things...!" He was talking about needing four weekly shots of Procrit to help build up his blood to prepare for surgery. MJ has such a good sense of humor.

All in all, we believe MJ is taking the news very well.

The surgery will be a fusion with instrumentation from T-4 to L-2, perhaps shorter.