My name is Hanli and I have scoliosis and have been treated by Dr Koos Louw since I was 6 years old. I used to wear a brace, but since then my scoliosis had deteriorated. On 01 July 2010, I had scoliosis repair surgery at the Pretoria East Hospital. The operation lasted about 5 hours.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Hey everyone sorry about no photos in a long while so here are some:
Me being wheeled into the hall for my final x-rays before I go home, as you can see the balloons are still attached! A little girl was crying in the x-ray waiting room and when she saw me she just stared!


My first day home: When I got home my friends Ashley and Jade were waiting for me and I was so happy I burst into tears!



Here is a photo of my friend Arya, my brother and me, I missed her birthday so we celebrated at my house!



My cousin came to visit: This was before I had the courage to sit down!

This is the second time my cousin visited and then she showed me Funny Cat Video on Youtube. I was laughing so much it was sore!


Hey everyone! Here are photos of my first "trip" to Lifestyle.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Hi everyone! On the 1st of August, I went on my first outing!! I went to lifestyle, a garden Nursery, because there are lots of benches there!! Since then I have gone on quite a few outings, one to my dad's favourite coffee shop Cafe Fino, who kindly refused that we pay, Thanks very much, Cecilia!! That same day we also ran into my school principal, but luckily we had my x-rays! Yesterday my dad and I went to buy us a new camera as we enjoy taking photos and our current camera is usless! On Sunday we went to my grandma's house and I managed to get some cool photos of my brother, Jacques with my mom's camera. I now possess some of the only photos of my brother smiling!! Thanks everyone! Bye Hanli
PS: I'll upload photos next time, I don't have a lot on my mom's computer.

Friday, August 6, 2010

Hi everyone!! Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I am doing very well, and walking up stairs as if it's nothing. I'm standing up by myself now, but still need to work on lying down. Chante, my old "Wardmate" is also dong well and she can stand and lie down by myself. Just want to say: My X-rays look super weird to me. I think they'll make quite a cool shirt, for a fancy dress party, or halloween or something. With The "before" x-ray on the front and the "after" x-ray on the back, Don't you think? Thanks to everyone who's visited me and I am still enjoying my visits! Thank you all! Bye, From Hanli XXX PS: Maretha; I'm missing your jokes! See you in two months!