Hi All

Just wondering if anyone has had a toddler (2.5yo) in a hip spica or brace? My son was diagnosed at 5 months, then had open surgery at 6month followed by 6weeks in a hip spica and 6 months in a brace. He has been brace free for almost 18 months now and is a very active little boy. However we have know from the day of his first surgery that he does have "quite a funny left hip" in the surgeons words. We are due to go in for an xray the first week of September and have been given a 60% chance he will require further surgery, followed by time in the spica and cast. We have done it before but he was much smaller then and easier to entertain, so I am very concerned about the possibility of him being so restricted.

I really want to be prepared so that if he does need to go for round 2 then we have a plan and some idea of how to manage it and keep him happy. I pray that the xray turns out to be ok. Any advice/info would be much appreciated, I think I just need to hear that it can be done.

Many Thanks
Elisa