A few weeks ago, I started noticing that something wasn't quite right. #2 can't straighten out her body. If she is standing up her little bum is sticking out. When she lays on the floor she always has her legs up. If I try I can force her legs down, but then she has to arch her back. She also can't roll over. Her top half can do it, but she can't get her legs to follow. I could tell something was off.
She had a well check today and I talked to her doctor about it. We currently know very little. Her left leg is longer than her right. And something is off with her hips. We are going to the hospital for x-rays to see what is going on. In a perfect world, everything is normal and we just need some physical therapy to get her hips to work correctly. In an imperfect world we will find out that she needs surgery.
I'm kind of freaking out, and trying not to. I mean, really, in every other way she is perfect. I just hope a little physical therapy is all that we need.
So, if anyone feels inspired to pray for my sweet girl that everything is fine, that would be great.
*UPDATE 7 hours later* I heard back from the Doctor, and I guess the x-rays aren't awesome. They didn't take shots of what the doctor wanted so she couldn't see everything she hoped to see. However, she did say that the hip is where it is supposed to be, and nothing looks broken. (I didn't even know broken was an option!) She is still pretty concerned, because there is obviously something unusual going on. I just keep hearing that her "hips are really tight!" I don't know what that means. The doctor wants to meet with us next Wednesday morning to look at her hips some more. For now, she is thinking that we should probably meet with a pediatric orthopedic surgeon because they would have a better idea of what to look for to figure out what is wrong. So, I guess we still don't really know anything except that the obvious isn't the problem. We'll have to keep trying to figure this out. Thanks for the kind thoughts and prayers!
*UPDATE 7 hours later* I heard back from the Doctor, and I guess the x-rays aren't awesome. They didn't take shots of what the doctor wanted so she couldn't see everything she hoped to see. However, she did say that the hip is where it is supposed to be, and nothing looks broken. (I didn't even know broken was an option!) She is still pretty concerned, because there is obviously something unusual going on. I just keep hearing that her "hips are really tight!" I don't know what that means. The doctor wants to meet with us next Wednesday morning to look at her hips some more. For now, she is thinking that we should probably meet with a pediatric orthopedic surgeon because they would have a better idea of what to look for to figure out what is wrong. So, I guess we still don't really know anything except that the obvious isn't the problem. We'll have to keep trying to figure this out. Thanks for the kind thoughts and prayers!
4 comments:
Sending prayers your way right now!! Oh, keep us posted! I hope everything can be taken care of with just therapy. I sure love you!!
Prayers I can do - and I really hope you can find a non surgery way to help her. I can't even imagine doing surgery on a 6 month old!
Isn't it amazing how not that long ago, you'd never even laid eyes on her face and now your happiness is completely wrapped up in her well being.
You're family is in my thoughts and prayers.
Keep us updated!
Praying for you too! May her hips be not too tight. Let them be the perfect kind of tightness.
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