Hi! It sure seems like u have a lot going on. My daughter Lucy was diagnosed
with hip dysplasia at 18 months of age. She was lucky that she only had a closed
reduction surgery then a full cast for four months. She is now 4 1/2 years old
and doing very well. She did learn to get around quite well in the cast. It was
hard of course, but u will get through it. U will need to make sure that u have
a car seat that will work with the cast. We have the Britax marathon which did
work ok. We used lots of pillows and cushions to help her get comfortable. A
bean bag chair is also a great help. I don't know where u r located but I know
there is some support out there. I am in California and met other people who
have experience with hip dysplasia which helped. Please feel free to contact me
anytime. Sincerely, Cristi in Orange County, CA
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From: "adamandbrenda" <adamandbrenda@...>

Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:20:07
To:clickyhipsclub@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Clicky Hips Club] Alivia's hip dysplasia appt


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