Hi,
I was just wondering if anyone can give me any advice.
My daughter's 'clicky hip' was missed at birth and only picked up by our GP on her 8wk check. After a ridiculous mix up with lost scans and faxes (which could only happen with the NHS), she eventually had a Pavlik harness fitted at the age of 4 months. We were told it would probably be on for 12 weeks and were really happy when, after 7 weeks, everything looked good on the USS and it was taken off.
Today, 3 months later, she's had a check up and they say the problem is still there and they want to put her in a cast for 3 months! I can't really get a straight answer from the Dr as to how it could revert back after being told that the hip was secure and fully formed.
We're all really upset about it as she's doing great and is so happy since the harness was removed. She was distraught with it on and she's going to be again with this cast.
Has anyone else had this problem? Is the cast any more likely to work than the harness? And if it does, what are the chances of the problem returning later... as it has once before? We were told in the beginning that it was a very mild case but now they can't seem to fix it.
I'm tired of getting answers from a text book everytime I ask a Dr... so I'm hoping people with experience can give me some help instead.
Thanks!