We received the attached encouraging letter of thanksgiving from one of our Hey Clinic guests, that was shared at our weekly Hey Clinic Quality Care Meeting this morning.  Tony is one of our postop surgical patients who has been able to start a new life with his family and work.  Thanks so much Tony for […]

This investor/developer had a disc herniation last year, and now has huge disc herniation at level above.  What is interesting, is that he also has a huge trunk shift scoliosis, as a response to the painful sciatica on his right side.  This pain causes him to shift his trunk way over to the left to […]

In between surgeries today, I got a chance to see a couple more scoliosis patients.  One is young man named Jacob who is 13, soon to be 14 years old.  We are following him and his brother for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis.  His right thoracic curve has progressed a bit since last visit and is now […]

Just broke scrub. Start 8:57 am. Finish 12:45.  Surgical time 3 hr 50 min. ebl 1 liter Cell saver 625 cc Blood transfused: none. Now out to meet w Julia's parents. They will be happy to see this xray! Dr. Lloyd Hey — http://www.heyclinic.com

I just broke scrub on Julia’s scoliosis surgery — the 14 yo I talked about on this morning’s blog with the large adolescent idiopathic scoliosis double curve.  Her surgery this morning went great.  Surgical time was 3 hours 50 minutes.  EBL was 1000 cc, with 650 cc given back in cell saver, and no blood […]