We already had an appointment booked to see Mr Evan Davies at Southampton Hospital before we got the results of Chris’s x-rays.  We decided to keep the appointment so that we could get a second expert opinion on what our choices were and what would be best for Chris.

Steve took a day off work (again!) and we drove down to Southampton.  We have met Mr Davies once before when he spoke at the SAUK forum held at Southampton Hospital in 2013 and we were both very impressed with him.  The hospital staff were lovely and after a short wait we were met by Mr Davies.  He was great with Chris and addressed all his questions directly to Chris asking him what bothered him about his back, how it affected his daily life etc and what he wanted for the future.

He then explained the probable future for Chris without surgery, explaining that the curve would continue to get bigger and how that would impact on his life.  His advice was very clear – Chris needed surgery to correct the curve and it would be best to do the surgery as soon as possible.

Strange as it may sound this was exactly what we wanted to hear.  If two top Scoliosis consultants say the very best course of action for Chris is to have the spinal surgery then it gives us great confidence that we are doing the right thing!  We thanked Mr Davies and headed into Southampton for lunch – Chris’s choice was for a Subway so that’s what we had!