Teen recovers from scoliosis surgery- Meghan Mays - Dayton Children's Hospital

Meghan Mays, 17, from Centerville was diagnosed with scoliosis at age six and began seeing Mike Albert, MD, orthopaedic surgeon at Dayton Children's. After nine years of wearing different back braces to try to fix the problem it was decided that Meghan would need surgery. Her back had gone from a 20 degree curve to 54 degrees. Dr. Albert performed spinal surgery on Meghan in December 2011 and placed two rods and 16 screws in her back to straighten her spine. Today Meghan is standing a little taller and is extremely active in cross country and working at multiple part-time jobs. Meghan wants to be a nurse when she grows up because of the amazing care the nurses at Dayton Children's gave her while she was here.

[@calebheater3965]

I love dr. Albert👍

[@sciencebehindthebible]

Wow!

[@thegoldenchild740]

I’m getting surgery August 28th
I’m scared, please pray for me.💞💞

[@Eliza3ethh]

It’s Mimi rose good luck you’ll be fine ❤️❤️

[@thegoldenchild740]

Lizzy Love123 thx♥️

[@sarahblizzard6438]

honey youll be okay!! i just had the surgery august 12th!! its gonna get worse before it gets better but im doing rly good so far, its been a little more than a week and i can walk on my own and do normal things by myself!! the worst pain is just how your back is going to feel when you sit up or stand up for too long. you know that feeling that you get when you sit up straight for too long. yeah, that feeling. thats what your back is going to feel like and its eventually going to get used to it. youre also not going to be able to bend over that much anymore. youre going to have to use your legs for basically everything. i wish you good luck, and being nervous is normal💕

[@thegoldenchild740]

sarah blizzard ッ that’s awesome that your back to normal already,and thank you for making me feel better about the surgery. I do have a question with school, sense I can’t just sand up randomly, how would I deal with the pain of standing up and sitting down too long?

[@Eliza3ethh]

It’s Mimi rose wheel chair ?

[@damienb.8463]

I’m going through recovery, my percent was 80 at the age of 9 and I’m 11 now, I had my surgery two weeks ago and I still feel horrible, does anyone know when it will get better?

[@unknownshadow4772]

I know it's 3 months later and I hope you are doing ok! But I just gotta say it is really important to get up and stop laying down and move around.

[@artninjapr8310]

Can u share her before n after surgery pics

[@elizabethb1096]

I have scoliosis, i am getting xrays in october, saddly my doctor died of cancer

[@emilyhetherman799]

that's so sad GOD BLESS 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻❤️

[@nataliadanielle8752]

Elizabeth B 🙏🏼💞

[@dalergirl13]

My surgery include Rods screws plates hooks wires

[@dorisbrinkerhoff8124]

hi sweet heart i,m an old gal and i can tell you it will get better for a while and then when your older it gets worse your hips will start to hurt you may loss the abillity to walk when you get old

[@JulieR73]

I had surgery 16 years ago

[@thegoldenchild740]

Just Jules getting it August 28th

[@dalergirl13]

I have scoliosis and lordosis and my curve is 111

[@camilacardillo5790]

I'm sorry, my scoliosis is currently 50 degrees, 29 degrees and 30 degrees and going down! I hope your surgery went well!

[@noraa.9473]

I hope you have a good recovery after your surgery..🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️😓

[@COCOLUVSYA3]

Mine is 99%

[@shyfaith1594]

I just had this surgery. I had a 48 degree curve and a 50 degree curve.

[@Nottheone480]

OMG how does it feel?