Sara,
I always loved the comments of 'Well at least its not something serious!"
Excuse me, my child is unable to walk, has had surgery 5 times, will be in
this cast for months on end and even then we are not sure it will have all
worked, and you tell me its not serious?!! Sometimes, like you said, it was
all I could do to not end up sounding like an arse, or worse. Good talking
to you.

Nancy (keeper of the www.hip-baby.org website and mom to
Claudia,(misdiagnosed at 9 months) diagnosed with bilaterally dislocated
hips and DDH at 16 months, traction for 8 days, adductor tenotomy, closed
reduction, 20 weeks of casts, full-time abduction brace wearing for 1 year,
open reduction and bilateral pelvic osteotomies, 7 weeks of cast, now only
going for once a year x-ray and check-ups)



----- Original Message -----
From: Rob & Sara Dudley <robandsara@...>
To: <clickyhipsclub@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 9:07 AM
Subject: Re: [Clicky Hips Club] Clicky Hip


> I am really pleased that the pavlick harness is working for you, it is so
nice to hear good news. It's not a particularly nice contraption but it
beats surgery.
>
> Like you, I hate the term "clicky hips" and will always politely correct
people but end up sounding like an arse. The comment that gets me really
mad is "just wait till she is walking, you won't know what's hit you". The
whole reason my daughter has had surgery is so that she can walk. Grrrrrr
>
> Take care
>
> Sara
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: baewds@...
> To: clickyhipsclub@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 2:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [Clicky Hips Club] Clicky Hip
>
>
> Hi sorry for not replying sooner....
> Well after all the worrying we took Eve in for a scan and it turned out
she
> had not one but two clicky hips (is it only me who gets annoyed by the
term
> clicky hips? It sounds so unserious... like stubbed toe or banged funny
> bone.... but I digress...)
>
> Anyway, it was l bad news and she had a pavlik harness fitted, which she
> hates and whinges about all the time - quite understandably in my view!
>
> But, the good news, after two weeks the hospital scans are very good and
it
> looks like they may reduce the harness time from six months to three
months.
> With luck.
> Anyway, I just thought I'd let you know.
>
> Also, if I'd have known how impossibly attractive you become to women
just by
> dint of carrying a cute baby I'd have had Eve years ago!
>
> Ahem, that's a joke btw - in case the missus is on here.
>
> :-)
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