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Parents Perspective: My son just had a Nuss procedure to correct a previous Nuss surgery done in 2010 at 17 and Pectus Excavatum. I want to start off by giving some back story on the first surgery that we had done to correct PE with a Haller index of 3.2. My son went in to the surgery to have 2 bars placed and correct his misaligned ribs. The surgeon ended up placing only 1 bar and didn't address any of the rib flare or misalignment, he ended up keeping the bar in for 3 years and his chest ended up collapsing under the 1 and only bar placed so he ended up having a 4.2 Haller index previous to this last surgery. The surgeon didn't request any x-rays in the 3 years that he had the bar in and post-surgery care was the worst. We didn't see the surgeon for several days after and pain management was none existent. He spent 8 days in the hospital, lost 10lbs and vomited constantly because of the pain and the meds, to say I was nervous to have him go through this experience again is an understatement. When we got the referral to Dr. Jaroszewski I gave them a call and explained to her Coordinator Kelly about our prior experience, she was incredibly nice and understanding and it was apparently not the first time she had heard this kind of horror story. We traveled from out of state to go and have a consultation with Dr. J and her team and they were just amazing. Immediately upon looking at the pictures from the first surgery she explained that the bar had been misplaced almost immediately which made complete sense considering the no x rays after. I spoke numerous times to Dr. J's team prior to my sons 2nd surgery, as you can imagine all the anxiety and questions I bombarded them with and they were all patient, understanding and kind. The surgery went better than I could have ever expected, Kelly came in person and updated me during the surgery because it took a little longer than they thought because of all the issues Dr. J had to address. She was able to place 3 bars, realign his ribs and put them down to a correct position. This Woman is Amazing! He woke up in recovery looked at his chest and couldn't believe it. The first thing he said to Dr. J when he spoke to her the next day is "You have changed my life". Anyone reading this is doing research for this procedure to be done and understands the significance of this. His chest had been sitting on his heart, lungs and liver he had no stamina and his self-esteem had taken quit a beating for a long time. Now let me speak about the post-surgery care, the entire floor of the hospital is dedicated to Pectus patients, Heart & Lung transplants. They have this down, the pain management was excellent!!! We saw Dr. J daily, her team daily, they are hands on with the after care and the protocol for the pain management should be used in every hospital. My son was never sick, he lost no weight, he walked daily and the nurses were the absolute best. He is 5 weeks out, looks and feels great and we are forever grateful. If you are looking for a surgeon go and meet Dr. J and her team, I cannot recommend them enough and would not recommend going anywhere else.