Thanks guys I think you have all said what DH and I have been thinking. I'm going to phone a surgeon tomorrow to sound them out and see if I can get the x-rays sent over to him. My health insurance has no excess for kids on hospital stays and the private hospital has a paed ward so that should be ok. Guess I won't know until I know I phone and at least if the 2nd opinion says the same then I will be happier with the treatment offered.