This is the Full upper XRAY from 2008 of Alexis.

This is the one that you can see the scoliosis is mild but there...her head is sitting nicely at this time on her spine but in the recent one's it is totally tilted on her spin!

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The "Upper XRAY" of Alexis is showing that she has an upper curve with 24 degrees.  It is also showing that her shoulder blades are uneven quite a bit!

As you can also see, her head is not sitting on her spinal cord correctly.  It is tilted and slightly off to the side. 

The "Lower XRAY" of Alexis is showing the 2nd curve in her spinal cord.  It is also showing the spinal cord "Twisting"...like clockwise.  Obviously, that is not good!  :(

You can look at the XRAY's from 2008 and see that her head was actually sitting on her spine correctly at that time.   And now, it is tilting.  

We are "anxiously" waiting to get into to see Shriner's Children's Hospital in Spokane, WA!!! 
Alexis' Dr. referred her there.  Shriner's will only see Children with a 20 degree curve or higher.  
Our goal is to keep Alexis' spinal cord degree UNDER 40 degrees!  
Unfortunately, she has a lot of growing to do.

 

So in these 2 XRAYS, they are of Alexis from 2008.  Alexis actually had Scoliosis at this time.  It was considered mild, but definitely there!   The hospital never caught the scoliosis until this year January, 2011.    :(


In the one where the cursor is pointing to the neck...the Dr. was concerned about the shape of her neck.  He said there is no curve in it like a normal neck.  Her neck is straight. 
Honestly, I don't know what that means.  We are still in the learning process of all this!

We've enjoyed the COUG Games this season!  WOO HOO!!!  

Grandpa adding a smile sitting with Chris! 

And my sweet girl.....love ya tons!

Week 2 of swimming lessons!  Alexis has had the hardest time getting her head wet.  But the teacher is great!   Alexis was floating on her own with her head in the water!  :)

Tonight, I went to the Chiropractor and just as a thought, I asked if she would look at Alexis' back.   She did and almost immediately, she told me that she thought Alexis had Scoliosis.  
My first thought was to see if the Chiropractor could "FIX" her back!   I was so worried!
We left and I was on the phone calling her dad.  We set up an appointment right away in Moscow and Alexis was seen tonight.  They confirmed that her back is curved and she has Scoliosis.  So they set up an appointment for her to see the specialist on Monday!
Please keep her in your prayers.  If I could, I would have this so Alexis can live her life to the BEST!

Miss Alexis got a pair of "Designer" Glasses for xmas!

A couple days before Christmas, Alexis found a little tiny hat outside Safeway!  She thought it was one of the "Elf's" hats so she left a special note for Santa and wanted to return the hat to the Elf.    Santa had left her a note telling Alexis to keep the hat as a gift!

My BEAUTIFUL daughter!  God Bless you throughout your whole life!  Love you Alexis!

Christmas Eve, Alexis opening some stocking stuffers.  She was sooooo excited for Christmas!

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My family enjoying the Cougs after a crazy stormy night!

My sweetie pie and I!!  

Alexis and Grandpa watching the Cougar vs Vandal game!   We won!   Can you see the angry Vandal in the back!

Alexis and Grammy enjoying the Cougs!

The results of what super high winds can do....this tree had fallen and as you can see, uprooted it and the cement, & the lawn!~

The tree landed on the house, lots of damage here!!!!!!

On November 15th, 2010  We had one of the worst storms that I have ever seen!

This is Alexis' trampoline in our neighbor's yard, hung up on the fence and a tree!  We had 85-107 mile per hour winds!  

During the night, we had wind, rain, hail and thunder & lightning!  YES, thunder & lightning!

We have been enjoying the new Walmart in Pullman, mostly that it is nice not having to drive to Moscow.

As you can see, Alexis saw this Christmas tree and the first thing she thought of was to put it on her head!
 

I am so proud of her.  It is exciting during Thanksgiving week when people come up to you and say what a delight it is to be around your child!

So, I am thankful and blessed to have Alexis in my life!   I am the luckiest mom!  I love you, Alexis!

All smiles here!!!

Drying her toes and planning on what she what's done for her fingernails!

Alexis is getting pretty flowers put on her toenails~! 

We had so much fun getting our "mommy ~ daughter pedicures together!!

 

Sunny & Alexis gearing up to get some treats!

Halloween 2010~~
We went house to house.   Alexis had so much candy!  And a ton of fun!   Happy Halloween

Alexis in her 2nd grade class.  And after Trick or Treating on Friday, we went to AppleBee's for some good food and fun!
It is kind of a yearly tradition that we have always done.  
We usually always go to the mall for trick or treating.  But this year with the Halloween being on Sunday, it was more like a weekend affair.  So it was the mall on Friday night, and house to house on Sunday night. 
Alexis' first time doing house to house this year and she had a BLAST!   So, I am guessing that next year, she will want to do the house to house also.   She got bigger and better, and more candy!
YUM YUM!

I went on a field trip with Alexis' class to Koppel Farms here in Pullman.  Good times!