I saw this lady in her 50’s this past week who drove all the way up from Savannah, GA who had minimally invasive surgery for her thoracolumbar scoliosis done in Georgia. This was performed after a lumbar laminectomy surgery was performed in the first round, but that surgery only gave very temporary relief as her […]
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More Patient And Family Stories from this past week
As promised, here are some more patient stories that have recently been shared at Hey Clinic. Ashlee is an adolescent who had scoliosis surgery for her idiopathic thoracolumbar curve 6 weeks ago with Dr. Hey, and is doing well. She shares how she is already getting back into her drama with tryouts for the Wizard […]
The Special Families We Meet and Serve…. Lots of Patients and Families Sharing Stories Returning to Hey Clinic
Many years ago, when I was hit by a car as a teen, I spent over 3 months in the hospital, having 11 reconstructive surgeries on my leg, and undergoing countless wound treatments and therapy visits from many caring doctors, nurses, and therapists. It was a very painful, frightening and often depressing journey, but God […]
Week of Aug 25 2013 Hey Clinic Scoliosis Round Up at Hey Clinic and Duke Raleigh Hospital and WakeMed Children’s Hospital
We started off the week of August 25 at WakeMed Hospital helping little 11 yo Kaitlyn, who has spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), and a nearly 90 degree progressive scoliosis treated elsewhere with VEPTR. We got her straightened up with some unique engineering using special sublaminar fixation, since her osteoporosis / bone strength was very weak. […]
Tim, postop from lumbar discectomy revision surgery is back today with daughter with Early Onset Scoliosis
I saw Tim and his daughter, both of whom are patients of ours here at Hey Clinic. He just sent us this note that he wished to share with all of you! Dr. Lloyd Hey From: TimDate: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 11:20:55 -0400My first encounter with Dr. Lloyd Hey was during an initial visit for my 8 […]