St. Louis Children’s Patient

Dear Dr. Gupta,

I wanted to wait to write you a letter for when I started to feel like myself again.  Now that I am beginning to seem normal, I can appreciate the surgery so much more.  The little pain I get here and there doesn’t compare to the way I felt when my spine was curved.  To me, that is incredible.  I was already thankful that the procedure went so well, but now I’m just glad I went through it.  It really was worth the touch recovery because it made me stronger.  I could have been struggling every day to stay on my feet if we had waited any longer to go through with it.  I just want you to know that I feel very lucky to have been your patient and I respect you and the incredible things you do for people like me.  Thank you!