{"id":1129,"date":"2013-02-14T08:05:24","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T12:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/?p=1129"},"modified":"2013-02-14T08:05:24","modified_gmt":"2013-02-14T12:05:24","slug":"abigails-curve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/2013\/02\/14\/abigails-curve\/","title":{"rendered":"Abigail’s Curve"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A few weeks ago, we sent out an email detailing the physical health concern of our daughter Abigail who has scoliosis of her spine.\u00a0 As a result, we have been in touch with doctors in the States, Germany, and here in the Philippines.\u00a0 Every doctor has given us the same advice: Abigail needs a back brace asap to hopefully stop the increasing curvature of her spine.\u00a0 So, we have made an appointment to see an orthopedic doctor in Manila, Philippines, in April with the plan of having a back brace made for Abigail.\u00a0 Already, our daily lives and routines have been adjusted to help Abigail with her daily physical therapy (exercises).\u00a0 \"\"<\/a>The addition of a brace will add to those adjustments, especially for Abigail.\u00a0 Most doctors have expressed that Abigail will need to wear the brace 23 hours a day.\u00a0 The brace is only to be off for exercises and for bathing.\u00a0 She has already poured out many tears concerning these exercises and the idea of getting a brace is very overwhelming to her.\u00a0 Please pray for us and especially for her.\u00a0 Please pray for Abigail\u2019s strength, both physically and spiritually.\u00a0 Please pray also for the needed funds for this brace and the expenses of traveling back and forth to Manila to have the brace made and follow-up appointments every 4-6 months. Thank you very much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago, we sent out an email detailing the physical health concern of our daughter Abigail who has scoliosis of her spine.\u00a0 As a result, we have been in touch with doctors in the States, Germany, and here in the Philippines.\u00a0 Every doctor has given us the same advice: Abigail needs a back […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}