Hi I am Mum to child currently undergoing treatment for DDH. When she was first diagnosed I was distraught & felt that there was little emotional support or...
Hi - My daughter was found to have DDH at 6 1/2 mths, and is having her operation on Monday (now 7 1/2mths). Consultant has said it is extremly likely she will...
Hi Kate Sorry to hear about your dd i'm afraid I have no practical advice about spica's as my dd is treated with a brace. But I just wanted to wish you the...
Hi there My daughter, who is now 6 has had a total 3 spicas on at different times, don't panick this is not normal! The most important advice is it is never...
Hi Catriona had her third hip spica put on yesterday. She has this on for four weeks then her hip will be assessed & that most probably she will need to wear a...
Hi Alison. Amy had an adductor tenotomy followed by 3 months' plaster, followed by 3 months' brace from age 9 months. The brace, if it is like the one Amy had,...
Hi Barbara & Amy Thanks for your reply, we appreciate it. Catriona seems to be getting on ok with this cast (as she has done with the others). I still can't...
Hi - Just wanted to give an update on Jessicas operation, which was a week last Monday. As we had been told (but hadn't believed!!!!) she has adapted so well. ...
hello, my daughter daryl-ann was born 4 weeks early, breech and delivered by emergency c-section. she was 6 weeks old when we recieved an appointment for a...
Hi Deborah - Good to hear your story, I cant really offer much help as we are further behind in the process than you. Jessica has only been in her hip spica...
... really well, ive posted some pics of daryl on the site, i see jessica only has a short on one leg,and daryl,even though the right leg is ok they still...
hello everyone, daryl had her cast off last mon (4th july) the xrary showed the left is hip at the same development as the right ( which was normal) check up...
Hi, I'm a new member and thought I'd let you all know what are situation is. We have twin boys Alister and Nathan who will be 10 months old on Saturday. Both...
... her hip was shallow,(she wore it for 4 months solid with no changes) we found it very hard coping with the cast, she was so heavy, but it didnt bother her...
Hi My daughter Catriona had an open reduction (following two weeks in traction) & wore a hip spica for 3 months afterwards. She was 10 months old when she went...
Hello Diane, I hardly ever post on this site anymore, but I'm also in Oxford and my little girl, Naomi had her operation by the same team at the John Radcliffe...
My goodness, not only twins, but with all this as well, you deserve a medal! My daughter was rolling & sitting before her hip spica went on, and it hasnt...
It has been a while since I have posted. Homeschooling 5 kids can make you too busy. :) Faith is 2 and is doing so well. I really forget all we went through. ...
Please email privately is you need a special car seat. We bought on and only kids with spica casts can really use it so not sure what to do with it. We live in...
Hiya, just wanted to introduce myself, thanks for accepting me to the group! My daughter, Layla, is now 19 months old. Due to many faults on part of my...
Hi everyone. My son was just fitted to a pavlik. So far the doctor thinks this is all he will need. He isn't 4 months old yet so what I've read seems to say...
Hi, My daughter, Maddie, is 12 weeks old and was diagnosed with DHD more or less at birth. Both her hips are completely dislocated and, having tried various...
Hi Terry I am not going to be much help re your questions as I am a new member but just wanted to make contact. My daughter, Maddie, is going into a spica...
Hi Terry, I have become good friends with a girl who was in the hospital at the same time as myself and my daughter, she has a little boy with CDH and like my...
Thanks everyone. The doctor said his numbers aren't too bad. He suggested a spica if the left hip stays out. He thinks the pavlik will work. I fighting...
Georgia came out of her abductor brace 3 weeks ago, so we now have 2 Britax 2-way Elite to sell. They are in excellent condition and are the specially adapted...
Hi i am currently pregnant with our second child. My DD was born after a Breech birth with both hips fully dislocated but which rectified itself after 9mths in...
hi my five month old daughter is going into hospital on the 20th of this month to have a arthogram and we are 99% sure she'll be placed in a spica cast for...
Hi there my daughter maddie has been in a hip spica for four weeks now and we have 8 left to go. I must admit we found it hard to begin with as mads seemed...
Hi there this probably wont help you but as far as i can see there is lots of reasons for ddh i have a bad family history of ddh my grandfather had it then had...
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