At Amelia's 4 month well-check, we got some bad news.
When they did the little leg check, her hip had a loud "clunk". That is not good.
They sent us in for a hip ultrasound and x-rays. It is never a good sign when the ultrasound tech does one hip fine, and then upon doing the other calls the orthopedics and asks for someone to "come down and take a look at this." We weren't able to get into the pediatric othopedics until July 6th.
Sure enough, Mia's left hip naturally wants to dislocate rather than be nice and happily snug in the hip socket. They put her in a Pavlik harness to try and get the socket to form.
No dice.
By Saturday, Tyler noticed she wasn't using the bad side AT ALL. She'd kick the good side like crazy, but would only twitch the bad side's foot. She was upset almost all the time (which is very, very irregular for our happy little girl). She barely slept and wouldn't eat a full meal. An email to the doc and she told us to take her out of the harness and bring her in on Tuesday (12th). Sigh.
On Tuesday, we learned that the harness wasn't working. The next option is a body cast (google "spica cast" for what that option looks like). She may or may not need surgery--the doc will only be able to figure that out when Amelia is under anesthesia--but will be in the cast for 3 months (with a change in the middle).
On Tuesday, we learned that the harness wasn't working. The next option is a body cast (google "spica cast" for what that option looks like). She may or may not need surgery--the doc will only be able to figure that out when Amelia is under anesthesia--but will be in the cast for 3 months (with a change in the middle).
August 25th is C-Day. Wish us luck!
7 comments:
Poor, Mia! And, poor you guys. Let us know what we can do to help, other than prayers which are coming your way. :)
Sorry to hear that the harness didn't do the trick. But I'm happy to hear that there is an option to try out before surgery. Amelia is lucky to have such awesome parents, who will surely make her the most hip cast wearing baby girl around. :) (No pun intended with the hip thing!) Thinking of you all and sending you lots of strength and smiles!
Poor girl! She is such a sweetie. Hope all goes well with the cast. Sending prayers your way!
I'm so glad you found my blog! Reading your comment made me cry because it brought back so many memories from when Juno was first diagnosed and we were looking at options. Oh, I was so scared! But the good news is that you get through it and you realize how absolutely amazing your baby is (as if you don't already know!) Juno's cast comes off tomorrow and I can't believe how quickly/uneventfully her 3 months went by. Good luck!
okay so I have a future blog post title for you...when all the casts are off and she's ready to run it must be (drum roll please) papapappapapapapappapa
"hip, hip, HOORAY!" Love you and her!
That's not fun at all! There was a little girl at Kai's preschool that had one of those casts for a few months. I am so sorry.
So, the cast may not be necessary for a full year? That would be great. So sad the harness didn't work. She's such a sweet baby.
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