We had Alivia's first appt on Monday. We were told that the Dr would
first put her under & try to pop her hip into it's shallow socket.
Since she's 2.5 and the xray shows a very shallow socket, the Dr
assumes it will not work. If not, he will make a "bikini line"
incision, deepen the socket with a graft of her own bone, insert the
femur & cast her. If her leg has turned while out of the socket, he
will need to make an incision a bit further down to straighten it too.
The cast will be on for 6 weeks, then he will run a die test to see if
it's healed enough to remove the cast.
It all sounds so daunting. Alivia is getting her cleft lip repaired in
the same surgery. Her recovery scares me too: several incisions on her
body and entertaining a 2 yr old in a body cast.
That's a question I forgot to ask...will they cast both legs if only
one hip is out? I assume so. Do the kids have any mobility at all to
scoot around on the floor while in the cast?
We have pics posted on our blog at lovinsfamilyof5.blogspot.com