Dr. Selden

We met with Dr. Selden, a well known nuero surgeon, this morning and had Luka's MRI explained to us.  Unfortunately, he does have a birth defect that requires surgery.  Basically how he explained it was that the fatty mass of tissue on the very bottom of his spine extends out and connects to his skin.  A normal spine is able to move freely, so in order for his to do so the doctor must separate the tissue with an incision.  Otherwise his spine will continue to be pulled and tethered which may impair his ability to walk and bladder control.  It is somewhere in the family of spina bifida but is completely operable and the chances of it re-occurring are 1%.  So the next step is for Luka to receive another MRI of his entire spine and to have surgery early October.  The risks associated with this procedure are very low.  Dr. Selden performs this operation weekly and I am very impressed of his bio. Of course, we are completely sick to our stomach over this, but I have high expectations that everything will turn out fine and that the odds will no longer be against us.