A couple weeks ago I took Annabelle back to the Orthopedic Dr. She had an x-ray (she's old enough now - no more ultrasounds!), and we got some reassuring news. Her left hip is still in place, and looks good - Dr Olney is confident it will continue to stay in place, so she is now allowed 6-8 hrs a day out of her brace, and has no restrictions when out of her brace (except no Johnny Jump-ups). I promptly put our Jumperoo together that night. She's still more a fan of the Exersaucer than the Jumperoo, and I feel better about the Exersaucer because she can still wear the brace in it. I still kinda baby that hip.
Her right hip is still dislocated, which we know and expect. She'll have her open reduction in October that should fix it.
In the meantime, we're working on weaning her out of her brace, slowly. She is also now doing physical therapy for her torticollis. She's still pretty limited on her range of motion, and she detests the stretches we have to do for her. I'm praying it gets easier as her muscles stretch out. We have several sets of stretches we have to do 5-6x a day, for at least 5 reps. So, all-in-all, each stretch 25-30 times a day. It's a lot, but not that time consuming. It's just painful to watch her screaming, but to know it's what she needs. I hate seeing my baby uncomfortable.
Otherwise, all is well!
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