hi my five month old daughter is going into hospital on the 20th of
this month to have a arthogram and we are 99% sure she'll be placed in
a spica cast for three months, lucy was put in a pavlik harness when
she was about ten weeks i took it off the first one was to small then
the second one made her back go purple, i could really kick myself now
but i realise it was lack of knowledge i had never seen one before and
the hospital didn't have any info to give us although they were
supportive, it broke my heart so this time round i am desperate to
make sure i have all the knowledge i can so i am geared up this time
and not just left to get on with it! lucy is such a happy wee girl and
i'm so affraid she'll be unhappy and in pain with the spica, thanks to
everyone on this sight for i have now realised that all the kiddies
seem happy and i guess its true that its often harder for us as
parents. Still looking back i wish i had never took her harness off if
i knew this was the outcome back then i would have persivered so much
more, thought the spica was the very last resort not the next stage.
Will we cope with the spica if we couldn't cope with seeing her in the
harness.