Hi there - my daughter freya is 10 months old and had a closed reduction on her right hip 7 weeks ago - she had her plaster changed last week - so far so...
Hi Sarah My daughter Georgia had a total of 4 casts and all seemed quite tight when they were first put on, I insisted before we left the hospital that they...
Hi all My daughter Georgia came out of her cast 5 months ago and since then has been too stiff to sit on her potty so we have had to keep using nappies for her...
Hi Sarah My daughter Leah is in her second plaster. I find that at first the cast seems tight but after a week it seems to be loose, maybe the batting on the...
Hello Jen Good news about Georgia - you might even get a break from nappies for a few weeks - I'm hoping we manage that with Grace before January! It looks...
Hi Sarah Emily had her last plaster change 8 weeks ago. When she came down from surgery I was really concerned as I thought it was too tight and I panicked as...
Hi thanks to Sara, Kate and Jen for your advice - I think the padding in Freya's cast has squashed down a bit now so there sems to be a bit more room in there...
Hi Sarah I'm surprised how long casts are left on in Europe. At the children's hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada they change the cast every 5 - 7 weeks...
Hi all, I wanted to add my experience with the subject of tight casts. One of Claudia's casts was really tight, more so than her others had been. We ended up...
Hi Sarah Emily is doing fine in her cast. It was so strange, when she first had the cast on 8 weeks ago it was so tight and as I said earlier she was 9.5...
I didn't mention that within days of Emily having this "tight" cast on it split at the back and rather than replace the cast they have put a broomstick between...
Hi Jen!! I'm really delighted to hear your good news about Georgia's hip now loosening up!! That's brilliant news Jen!! I'm sure Georgia is very proud and...
Hi My names is michaela, my daughter millie is going in for her 2nd hip operation on the 18th september. she previously had an open reduction when she was 7...
Hi Kate - I agree 13 weeks is a long time. I think it varies from the hospital to hospital. Freya was in her last cast for 6 weeks and it was decidedly...
My daughter is also due for her surgery ( shortening of femur and pelvic osteotomy followed by spica) on the 18th September.She will be 6 on the 27th Sept. I...
Hi Michaela My daughter Georgia went into her third cast when she was just over 2 years old, she was just as fine with it as when she went into her first cast...
Hello all members! I havenīt been around for months. I guess I have had many other things on my mind after that Moa got out of her cast and our life began to...
Michaela, My daughter had bilateral pelvic osteotomies when she was 2 1/2 years old. The difference was that she was dealing with it from the time she was...
Clare, I noticed that your daughter is 6. There is another mother on another site that I am part of whose daughter is 8 ( or 9, I can't remember) and just had ...
Hi Michaela My daughter was 21/2years old when first diagnosed with DDH of the right hip. She had an open reduction and femoral osteotomy with varus ...
Hi Katya It's lovely to hear from you again and I'm so happy for you that everything is going so well for little Moa. It's great to hear that the doctor has...
hi my daughter is six and has had 5 operations on her hips and still seeing a specialist she has been having treatment since she was 18 months old and still...
Hi Susan! It is so nice to hear from you again! I hope everything is fine with Jenna right now. Hasnīt she just started school? Is she running and playing as...
Hi, I am a new member and would like to introduce myself to everyone. My name is Michelle and my 5 1/2 month old little girl, Kylie, was just diagnosed with...
Hi Katya!! It's always lovely to hear from you also, I often wonder how you and Moa are doing!! You're right Katya, Jenna has just started school and is...
Hi Sarah Leah is due for a cast change on Sept. 26th. Unfortunately the little girl I babysit came down with roseola on the weekend so we're waiting to see if...
HI Michelle I hope all goes well for Kylie. My daughter, Leah, was daignosed at 10 months and she did really well with her surgery and has been in a spica...
Hi Kate, Thanks for the welcome. We haven't had any surgery yet but they called this morning and left a message saying they had picked a day for surgery. I...
Hi Michelle Sorry I'm so slow answering - sometimes life just gets a bit crazy! I have a 10 year old daughter that has decided to act like a teenager and Leah...
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