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 year ago today, Annabelle got her Pavlik Harness. I had felt some kind of premonition that our journey with Hip Dysplasia would not be brief, and that I would need an outlet - somewhere to share my thoughts and feelings, as well as Annabelle's progress.
What a year.
February 18, 2012 (birth day) : click felt in right hip on exam, xray unremarkable
February 22, 2012 : four day checkup, no click felt, Pediatrician recommends followup ultrasound at 6wks (the "gold standard" for followup)
March 21, 2012 : one month checkup, no click felt.
April 2, 2012 (6wks, 2 days old) : bilateral hip dysplasia diagnosis via ultrasound
April 9, 2012 (7wks, 2 days old) : Pavlik Harness treatment started
4 weeks in Pavlik Harness - no success.
4 weeks in Rhino Cruiser - left hip successfully reduced, right hip still dislocated
June 4, 2012 (15wks, 2 days old) : attempted closed reduction - no success, back to Rhino cruiser
July 17, 2012 : right hip still dislocated, left hip still in place
September 19, 2012 : right hip still dislocated, left hip still in place, surgery scheduled
October 9, 2012 : Open Reduction and Capsulorrhaphy of the right hip, spica cast
November 21, 2012 : Spica cast off after six weeks, both hips in place, able to be out of Rhino cruiser 3-4hrs a day
November 26, 2012 : James and I were concerned about Annabelle's range of motion - hip still fine.
January 16, 2013 : Both hips still in place, able to be out of Rhino cruiser 6-8hrs a day.
March 20, 2013 : Both hips still in place, able to be out of Rhino during all waking hours.
And I am overjoyed to report today that Annabelle, as of today, is properly crawling - with her knees! She's still pretty slow - she moves faster when she's army crawling, but this girl won't stop! She's been successfully sitting up for two weeks, pulling herself up since January, and cruising furniture for at least a month (bad mom, I don't have the dates memorized - I will have to check back on my Facebook statuses. Stati?) Last week she took off walking with a walker. I was floored.
Now I'm just looking forward to seeing my tiny girl walk, and to hear the words I've been longing to hear for so long: Healthy Hips. We're so close.
Reading through your blog and it is making me feel sooooo sooo much better. My daughter was diagnosed with HD at 6 weeks old. She was breech, and her ped never felt (and still hasn't) a click but a scan showed a shallow socket, so it was a pavlik harness for us! She was in the pavlik full time for two months and then the dr. said all looked good and she could go to just overnight. A month later he thinks her sockets still don't look good and she is back in full time. She is now almost 6 months old and we are nervous that she will outgrow the harness and be forced to do the spica. After a bajillion tears and googling a ton of stuff, it is so comforting to see your story. To know that if it does come down to the cast, that we will get through it and she will be OK. Your daughter is beautiful and I do hope that her hips are right as rain! She looks so happy in all the photos even while in the cast! Thank you for sharing!
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