Heartbroken
My little girl was diagnosed with hip dysplasia since I gave birth they immediately heard a click we were sent to CHOP where we started treatment which was her getting a pelvic harness that she had to wear 24/7 a month went by she was making great progress! We were able to take the harness off for at least an hour we went back for her check up and she did amazing and we were declared hip healthy! fast forward my little one turned one and we ended up going for her one year old check up and the results came back that her left hip is little bit shallowđ and now we are stuck with a rhino brace (only at night) until she turns 2, I feel so heartbroken and so confused I just thought we were over this, I know there was a little chance of not getting so great results but I didnât think it would happen to us. Especially when everything was just perfect. I just feel like I failed her as a mother and I feel so guilty when I get frustrated when she moves around and starts to scream when I put her brace on. I just feel so heartbroken.âŚâŚ
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@Ani thank you â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸
Sorry to hear about your journey. We had the same, sadly our daughter was declared hip healthy 12 weeks after the Pavlik harness only to be told at her 9 months check she needed surgery and spica cast then rhino brace. I know itâs sooo hard, but now if you looked at my daughter, you wouldnât know at all anything happened to her. I had so many people tell me âchildren are so resilient and itâs much harder on the parentsâ which used to drive me mad but they were so right! Hope youâre doing okay! Here if you want to talk xx
@Michelle Minter thank you! You are totally right kids are very resilient! It just sucks I thought this was overđ Iâm glad to hear your little one is doing well đ
Iâm so sorry this is happening. Sadly, the pavlic harness isnât 100% guaranteed, itâs very high and an incredible tool, but some cases do regress. There are some hip displaysia groups on Facebook that might be further reaching than peanut. That said, these kids are tough, once she gets used to it I am sure she will be fine. Itâs horrible for everyone but please remember there likely is nothing you have done to cause this xx