Susan, Thanks for your nice note. For what it is worth, I still worry all the time about Claudia, though not 24 hour a day. But any time she falls, or says...
Hi Nancy Thanks so much for your lovely message and loads of good luck to you and your very brave little daughter also. What a coincidence that Claudia's...
Hi All, Did anyone read in the paper last week about the girl who was born with a dislocated hip and is now going to one of the big ballet schools. The girl...
Hi All Leah is scheduled to go for her surgery on Monday July 8th. I've been told that she can't eat anything after midnight and after 9 am cannot have...
This is a really interesting thought. I wonder if the hip got better with or without the ballet as does happen sometimes. Since I am in the U.S. I wonder if...
Hi there, I'm pleased Daniel got on well last wednesday, its another mile-stone passed. Joseph had his appointment on Monday and they have taken his brace off....
Hi Kate - I don't know if their is any easy answer to your prolem about Leah not being able to eat before her op. I have the same prolem with my baby daughter...
Hi all, hope everyone is well and the little ones are coping with their treatment, whether it be hip spicas or harnesses or whatever stage your child is at. ...
Hello everyone Just a quick note to tell you that the end of the tunnel is very close for us. My little girl Anna has been in plaster since the first week of...
Hi Liz!! Great to hear from you again!! I'm so pleased to hear how well Sophie is doing, I'm sure you're all really delighted. Good luck with your work on...
Hi Lily!! Can't tell you how delighted I am to hear that little Anna's ordeal will soon be over!! I'm so happy to know that she'll be out of her cast soon. ...
Hi Sarah Leah's surgery date has been changed to July 11th - the same day as Freya so we can think of each other while we're going through our own ordeal. Good...
Hi Lily I am so pleased for you and Anna!!- Freyas going into her plaster on 11 July so its all just beginning for us but your message helped me realise that...
Hi Lily I am so pleased for you and Anna!!- Freyas going into her plaster on 11 July so its all just beginning for us but your message helped me realise that...
Hi Nancy, unfortunately I nolonger have the newspaper article as I read it at my aunt`s house so I can`t email it to you. I think the ballet helps to...
Hi Lily It is great news that Anna will soon be out of plaster. It will be so nice for you to see her legs again and to be able to bath her. Anna has been in...
Hi again, that is good news because he can enjoy being out of the brace particularly with summer hopefully coming soon!! Its hard not to get a full all clear...
Hi, my son had a check up in May we were told that his hips were becoming shallower and would need to have some dye injected into his hips and we would be sent...
Hi Tracey Here in Nova Scotia, Canada we got ibooked for my daughter's surgery in just over a month, but she had the flu on the date so we had to cancel. We...
Hi My 9mth old daughter, Emily, has been in a Hip Spica since the beginning of May after an open reduction on both hips. She is due for a plaster change on...
Hi Sara, My daughter Sophie is 18 months and had her plaster change last week. Whilst Sophie was undre they x-rayed the hip and also moved it around to check...
Hi Angela, Joseph is fine, although not sleeping very well, I think he may feel a bit insecure without his brace on, so he usually ends up in our bed in the...
Good morning to you. When our little girl Sophie was going through a similar process (plaster changes)as your Emily is going through now, we found it to be...
Hi, my son now has an appiontment to have the dye injected into his hip they say he will be put under for this and I am getting really nervous about it .The...
Hi Tracey We all feel nervous before an operation, so don't worry too much, it's normal. I don't know the details of your little boy's cdh history but I can...
Hi thanks for the support I find this really hard as I have never met anybody with cdh before and its nice just to be able to know there are people going...
Hi Tracey It is quite normal to feel like this. This procedure is quite straightforward and they only use a small amount of anaesthetic. When Emily had the...
Hi Tracey, I had this procedure done in May this year (I've had treatment for DDH since age 2 and I'm 31 now!). I know it must be worrying for you and not...
HI, I am new here and I guess I dont really belong here anymore either. But I thought I might join and offer my support and advice to people. My eldest...