Hello Friends. If you have been following our blog or have spoken to me recently, you know that I have a burden on my heart. Let me explain. As you may or...
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...
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...
Brenda-- I know how to feel about the incisions. Serenity had 2 incisions because she had the same procedure done that your doctor told you about. I even have...
Hello, I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Melissa and I have three daughters, ages 6, 4 & 18m. My 18m. old Caroline was just diagnosed with ddh. Her...
Welcome Melissa. The board isn't very active, but Joy is a wonderful resource! (Thank you Joy). We adopted our daughter from China just 4 weeks ago. After...
My DD was diagnosed at birth but she didn't have her surgery til she was 18 months old. That was May 23rd, 2007. Her left hip was dislocated and she had an...
Hi Brenda, I've been reading about your sweet Alivia, what a journey you've been on! I admire your courage. We are in Tennessee, just outside Nashville, so...
Thanks Joy! I am almost hoping they go ahead & do the osteotomies now like they did with your dd. I know that is terrible but it just seems likely she will...
Yes I am really grateful that they got it all done in 1 surgery (took 5 hours) and only having to go thru the experience with the spica cast 1 time. And shes...
Thanks Joy. We debated about going to Kosairs, we have a friend who had a great experience there (her son has a different problem). But, since it is 4 hours...
Go ahead and ask whatever you want. If you have myspace or facebook or cafemom pages i could show you pics of her in the casts and the scars after, etc. Well,...
Melissa, Hello. Regarding the walking, because Alivia is 2.5 & very mobile already, the dr said she'd probably be walking immediately after removing the...
Hello all, Just writing one more time ps (pre-spica) to ask for thoughts and calming vibes, my dd goes in for surgery tomorrow morning. They will try closed...
Melissa, Your daughter & your family are in our prayers. We are awaiting our surgery appointment for our 2.5 yr old daughter that we brought home from China...
I am sending you many blessings for you and your DD at this time. My DD was also 18 months when her open reduction and both osteotomies was done. It took 5...
Hello everyone, Thank you for your encouraging thoughts & comments. It was heartwarming to see while we were in the hospital. Caroline ended up having an open...
Melissa, I am so glad all went well with Caroline. I tried to email you personally a couple of days ago, but it came back returned, as it did this morning. ...
Brenda-- Taking the bone from her leg and putting it on the socket to make it deeper and having the pins are called pelvic and femerol osteotomies. Serenity...
HI everyone well i didnt think i would be posting on here again but OH WELL. Erm my now 5 year Jessica had bilateral DDH full dislocation which was found at...
Hi Claire Like you my eldest child Emily was diagnosed at birth and so when I had my son Jack 4 years later he was automatically screened for DDH. The...
Hi Claire An extra crease can be a sign of a hip problem. A similar thing happened to us- daughter breech and CDH not diagnosed at 8 week check - not found...
hi all I am Louise, single mother to 2 girls my eldest has complained for ages on and off of leg pains, for years. when 18months old she was put in pavlec...
Hi Louise I'm Andrea, single mum like you :) I didn't want to read and run as I really feel for you and what your daughter is going through. I'm afraid I can't...
Louise, I will tell you that there is another group dedicated to hip dysplasia that is much more active with many more members. It is found at yahoogroup...
ok thank you its day two and I am getting calmer, thanks to you all and there is so much info on the web. Need to be calm and not go crazy reading all this...
Louise, Akward is the name of the game when it comes to casts. But I've not heard of two bars on the cast. Is the doctor thinking that she has developmental...
thank you to those who have commented and mailed me. seems every doctor has a different view. still no specific diagnosis just that she should remain imobile...
Hi all, my name is Jenn and I wanted to shoot a quick introduction with our story. I was born with bilateral hip dysplasia 36 years ago and wasn't diagnosed...
My husband and I adopted a beautiful 6 month old baby in December in China. We named her Lia Shu Grace. She will be 9 months old on March 4th and is currently...
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