Hello All, I have been reading your stories on your little ones DDH in the past few months and was sad to hear about everyone' difficulties, it has been heartbreaking.
My little girl was diagnosed with a clicky hip at a few days old and we had our fist ultrasound at 6 weeks old with another 2 follow up ultrasounds. After the second ultra sound the pediatrician said she was very happy with the progress but we will do another ultrasound in 6 weeks to be 100% sure.
After this ultrasound we were told she would have to go into a brace, which she did quite quickly. At 5 months old she was in the DB bar. She wore this for almost 7 weeks. On Tuesday we went back to RCH for first check up, were told to continue on and we would receive a phone call to advise if we can have the brace off for bath time which up until know we could only sponge bath. We received a call the next afternoon and were advised that the brace was not working for her and she will need surgery and to take the brace off until then. We will be seeing a surgeon in the next few weeks to further discuss and do another x-ray etc.. I am not sure were we go from here, even though they have explained it to us (on the phone) i feel like i am in the dark and in has been sprung on us quite suddenly. I am in shock and very upset.
Am hoping someone can shed some light. Going by some of the stories i have read it seems that this is going to be a very long process for our baby, and I feel like she is being deprived of a normal childhood.
I know i should not feel this way as this is not the end of the world and she will be fine in the long run. We seem to have been dealing with this issue from the day she was born almost and it has only been getting worse for her until now. I am not looking forward to her being uncomfortable and in pain after the surgery.
I am so sorry to babble on like this.