Hi All The best thing ever (for us) has just happened. We've just been to the hospital where, after an x-ray they removed the Pavlik harness for good....
Hi all, Emilia was in hosptial last week for her closed reduction & medial approach abductor tenotomy. They gave her a CT scan the next day and the bad news is...
Hi Jo I'm sorry to hear that baby Emilia's closed reduction failed. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you today and I hope this time it will be a success. My...
Jo, So sorry to hear about the failed closed reduction. Sometimes it happens if there is cartilage that gets in to the hip so that the femur can't remain in ...
Hi Jo & Emilia Just wondering how your second reduction went, was it a success, we've had our fingers crossed for you. Shona & Sophie ( 6 months old) ... From:...
Hi, thanks for asking after her. Well, we have success this time. Her CT scan last week showed it in the socket, not as far as they'd like, but OK. Went back...
Hello My daughter Jessica had a closed reduction when she was 5 months old. She came out of night splints on her first birthday. We have been having regular x...
Hi everyone Just to let you know. I've set-up a yahoo group for people in the Medway towns area of Kent. I hoping to set up a full working support group in...
The test that you are referring to is an arthogram, where the ped ortho surgeon injects dye. This dye allows more of the hip to be seen. Anything that is...
Hi Tracey Sorry I can't help... I've never heard of this before, but I'm no expert. The dye injection is called an "arthrogram", this will certainly give ...
Hi Thanks for your replies. Jessica had her previous check up at the end of may last year and everything was fine then. We are still waiting to hear a date...
I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Holly and I am a mother of 5 children, 3 girls and 2 boys. When I was a baby I had a Congenital Hip and my 5th child...
Hi Holly, my daughter Emilia (5mths) also cries all the time! but she always has. I presumed it was just a 'girlie' thing after having 3 boys before her who...
Hi Holly Welcome to the forum. Sorry, it's taken so long for me to respond! I'm sorry to hear that your baby has CDH and that pavlik harness didn't work....
Hi Everyone, Amy has had her scan and to begin with it looked as though she too was going to have problems. The first 2 scans showed the right hip was slighly...
Hi Leanne That's great news. I'm so pleased for you, especially after all you've been through with Sophie!! Take care Sara x ... From: leanne175uk To:...
I added some pictures of Faith from her brace and now in her cast. She is doing so much better with sleeping and eating. She gets either a new cast or a brace...
Hi Guys After we'd been told her hip looks normal in her last check, imagine our shock when we were told this week that she has mild Dysplasia (don't know...
Shona, I an amazed that the doctor has not suggested doing something now. The earlier that something is done the easier. There is much that can be done other...
Hi Shona That must of been a shock for you! Your doctor was referring to an osteotomy. If you check out Nancy's website www.hip-baby.org it will give you...
Faith got her cast off and then they did an ultrasound and her hip looked "solid" but they still put a new cast on but it will only be for 4 weeks and it goes...
Holly I'm pleased to her that Faith's hip looks "solid". I hope the next 4 weeks go by really quickly. Enjoy the baths! I agree with you, I would have...
Hi! Amy was born on 31 Jan, and DR has just confirmed that both hips can be dislocated. She's in a harness, which needs to be on 24/7 for at least 3 months. I...
Hi Barbara, Welcome to the group. It is good they have found it fairly early, the earlier it is found the better and more chance of success. My daughter was...
Hi Barbara Welcome to the group and to parenthood!!! I'm sorry to hear Amy is in a pavlik harness. The harness does fix up to 90% of cases, it is very...
Hi Barbara - Sorry to hear about Amy being in a harness - our daughter Carys had one at a slightly older age, was told she'd have it for at least 4 months and...
Barbara, The fact that your daughter is still young and that her hips are in the socket though they can be dislocated is good news. This means that they are ...
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