Thanks everyone. The doctor said his numbers aren't too bad. He
suggested a spica if the left hip stays out. He thinks the pavlik
will work. I fighting diapering with it. I guess it will get better
with practice like everything else. Terry
--- In clickyhipsclub@yahoogroups.com, "angeldust2400"
<e.macrae@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Terry, I have become good friends with a girl who was in the
> hospital at the same time as myself and my daughter, she has a
little
> boy with CDH and like my daughter he was also in a spica for just
over
> 2 years and last year only just a year after coming out of the
spica
> he did a 1 mile sponsored walk to raise funds for the hospital,he
is
> now 4 and my daughter is 5. My daughter still could not walk that
far
> yet as she still tires very easily, so yes in my opinion boys to
tend
> to bounce back from these things quicker than girls. My daughter is
> getting there slowly though.
>
> Hope it all goes well
>
> Eilanna, X
>
> --- In clickyhipsclub@yahoogroups.com, "caroline peachey"
> <carolinepeachey@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Terry
> >
> > I am not going to be much help re your questions as I am a new
> member but just wanted to make contact. My daughter, Maddie, is
> going into a spica cast in November so we are just trying to
gather as
> much information as we can before then. I'm glad for you that the
> docs seem to think a pavlik will do the trick, I think the fact
that
> he is so young, like Maddie means that there is a much better
chance
> that these things will work. They didn't think a pavlik would work
> for maddie as her hips have never been in their sockets and she is
> quite a severe case but the plaster, fingers crossed, should do
it. I
> must admit I haven't heard of any boys with cdh so can't answer
your
> question re that. The nurses at Oswestry told me to stay positive
and
> realise that Maddie will come out of this with perfect hips and
lead a
> normal life and I'm sure that is the case with your son too.
> >
> > Good luck.
> >
> > Caroline P.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Terry B.
> > To: clickyhipsclub@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 5:21 AM
> > Subject: [Clicky Hips Club] New member Hello
> >
> >
> > Hi everyone. My son was just fitted to a pavlik. So far the
doctor
> > thinks this is all he will need. He isn't 4 months old yet so
what
> > I've read seems to say he's at a good age. How rare is this
for a boy
> > to have cdh? Do boys do better? Terry
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
>