Oh Kerrie, thankyou so much for telling me your story.
You and your DD have been through a lot in such a short space of time.
I really hope that her hip continues to improve and that any future treatment / surgery is not too traumatic.
We saw a different orthopedic surgeon yesterday who was lovely and explained evereything to us properly. Basically Sarah's hip can be fixed easily now by wearing a harness for 6-12 weeks. If we wait, however, she may be facing the same situation as your little girl. She clarified things for us and answered all our questions so we are now happy to go ahead with the harness. We are getting it fitted today.
Thanks for the offer of being a sounding board, I may just need that depending on how things go! At the moment though, there's no reason to think that there will be the need for further treatment after using the harness.