our story

We welcomed our second daughter Annabelle on February 18, 2012, a week before her due date. That same day, the pediatrician felt a click in her right hip ...

... it was never felt again. An x-ray the same day showed nothing, so we weren't too concerned. We had a follow-up ultrasound when she was 6 weeks old, and it showed that *BOTH* of her hips are dislocated. (a condition called Develomental Dysplasia of the Hip or DDH)

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Open Reduction and Capsulorrhaphy

I'm so glad today is finished.
Annabelle had her surgery, an open reduction with capsulorrhaphy, which took about 2 hours.  We were able to see her about 4.5 hours after the nurse took her back to the OR.  She was heavily sedated on pain medicine and was occasionally moaning.  It took Annabelle a long time to wake up, and even longer to smile, which is rather unusual for my normally very smiley girl.  We skyped with daddy & big sister this evening and big sister got Annabelle to smile.  It was nice for her to see her baby sister at the hospital and to have a little view of the cast that we've talked about.

Here's a little photo recap of our day:

last bath for six weeks!!!
totally oblivious to the day ahead


waiting for Dr Olney to arrive

arrival in her room
Daddy watching over her
starting to wake up
first time holding her
starting to play

Love my girl.
First smile of the day, Skype with Daddy & big sister
Sweet dreams, sweet girl.

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