Infantile Scoliosis-Cole and the Crooked Flower

I want to share something with you and ask for your help. Help getting a children's book published.

A book written about Progressive Infantile Scoliosis.

This book was written by Russ and Jenn the amazing parents of Cole.  Cole has Progressive Infantile Scoliosis like Ryan.  They have spent countless hours working on this book to get the word out about scoliosis.  To help explain to young children and their families and friends about the treatment that is available for Progressive Infantile Scoliosis.  They even got a professional illustrator to donate her time and talents to illustrate this beautiful story! 

The story is about a boy who finds a flower growing crooked and tries many silly ways to get it to straighten. In the end, a doctor helps him hold it in place with a straw so that it will grow straight and stay that way. The story is written to be fun for anyone, but also as a helpful metaphor to explain the treatment to any children going through it. Extra information in the back makes this clear to the casual reader, and can raise awareness that the cure is out there.

Their hope is to self-publish the book and make it available to families with children with this condition. All of the profits from selling the book will go directly to the Infantile Scoliosis Outreach Program (ISOP) to assist in the physician awareness program so more kids are correctly diagnosed under the age of 2, when the treatment is most successful. ISOP also trains physicians to perform the necessary treatment, so families don't have to travel out of state or even across the country to receive care as many currently do.

I am asking you to consider making a donation to get this book published.  Any amount is helpful!!

Check out

this link for more info, to see Cole and to listen to an audio clip of the book.

I want to thank you advance for your consideration on making a donation.  If I had seen this book in Ryan's doctor's office when he was a baby we could have caught this earlier.  Help put this book in the hands of a parent!