Hi Alexandra's Mum,

My daughter Hailey had surgery on her Left dislocated hip on 1/3/08. She was 8 months old and had 2 dislocated hips but only one needed surgery. I can't speak for anyone else but in hindsight the worst part for us was waiting for hailey to have surgery after they gave us a date. Her surgery was a breeze, she was a real champ. The first few days after surgery are a bit tough but on day three we made a five hour car trip home in a hip spica, plaster from nipple to ankle. By this stage she needed panadol a few times but after about 5 or 6 days she had no panadol again, she was not in pain and definatly not uncomfortable. She learned to drag herself around in the plaster. She is not "better" and won't be for a long time, but we go swimming and she crawls around like a "normal" baby. She is actually just starting to pull herself up on furniture. She is at the same stage as some babies and a bit behind some others. But she is a happy otherwise "normal" kid who has lots of long car trips to Melbourne!!
Please ask me anthing that you think I can help you with.

Kindest regards