Hi, Thanks for the link,
Ollie's Dr said although they are two seperate conditions, he was suspicious
that Ollie should develop perthes at such an early age, & prehaps his open
reduction(s) triggered it????????
Or maybe he was just predisposed to hip problems, there are no hip problems we
know of in either mine or my hubbys family & have reseached 3 generations on my
side and 4 on his???

I would rather have a reason for it than put it down to bad luck (there is only
so much bad luck a 6yo can have!!!)

Nancy Sanders <njsanders@...> wrote:
Rachel,
My daughter had traction in the hospital. But the reason why I am writing
to you is that I am part of another hip dysplasia group and we do have some
who have done home traction. The site is www.hip-baby.org . I was not
aware that Perthes and DDH are connected, in fact I have been told that they
are two separate problems. Is that true? I hope that you can find some
answers in your traction questions.

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


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rachel Ship (nee Colman)" <rachel_ship@...>
To: <clickyhipsclub@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 9:53 AM
Subject: [Clicky Hips Club] Home Traction


> Hi everyone,
>
> I have a 6 year old son Ollie who was born with congenital
> dislocation of both hips (due to shallow acetabula and musculature
> problems + short left leg), who was diagnosed last January with
> Perthes disease, he has been in and out of hospital 5 times in the
> last 12 months and has had every brace, cast and treatment going, he
> has just been discharged from hospital (15/01/04) after 2 weeks bed
> rest and traction, his consultant wants him to have home traction,
> we have just taken delivery of the frame and apparatus and had
> instructions on how to attach Ollie.
>
> He has two types of home traction - over bed. & thomas splint - for
> when he is in his wheelchair.
>
> I know that his main problem is his Perthes at the moment, but I am
> having trouble locating information (support) on home traction as it
> doesn't seem to be used that often here in the U.K
>
> Anyone had any experiance with home traction?
>
> I would love some support.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rachel
>
>
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