Our Pavlik Harness and journey with Hip Dysplasia

Annabelle had a checkup today - her first for awhile.  As always, I was nervous going in.  I often forget about the journey we've been t...

I can't believe the day has arrived, but my little girl is WALKING without help. It's so amazing to think how far she has come.  I ...

I'm pretty big on remembering dates - so I was floored as I happened to be reading my first posts on this blog earlier and noted that a ...

I have many mixed emotions tonight as I write this ... I am happy that my baby girl's cast is off.  I'm happy we're one step cl...

I think we're nicely getting used to the spica cast.  Annabelle has been sleeping relatively well, she has been eating well, and is a bi...

I'm glad to be home with my baby but a bit nervous to learn how to take care of her at home ... at the hospital everything is a bit more...

I'm so glad today is finished. Annabelle had her surgery, an open reduction with capsulorrhaphy, which took about 2 hours.  We were abl...

Annabelle's hip is now in the right place for the first time since she was born.

Annabelle is in surgery.  We got a call a little over an hour ago from the OR nurse saying that they had just started.  Dr Olney anticipated...

NPO. Nil per os. Nothing by mouth. Fortunately for the tiniest of patients this is only for a few hours rather than 'after midnight...

I've largely been in denial.  I have moments where I freak out about Annabelle's upcoming surgery, and then they're over.  It wa...

I was going to be brave. We did this before, right?  We woke up well before dawn and drove our tiny girl to the hospital for surgery.  We ...

This morning didn't go as expected, but as the day has gone on, I'm not as upset about it ... in fact, it's a bit more on the po...