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Today marks a bitter sweet day in Sara’s spica cast journey. If you’re new to my blog, you might not know that my fourth child was diagnosed with a dislocated left hip back in August at the age of 15 months. We found it because she walked with a waddle wobble and we were concerned [...]
We are down to the final 12 days of Spica wear ~ I hope forever. There is no guarantee that Sara’s surgery will forever fix her dislocated left hip. In fact, our surgeon has told us repeatedly how lucky she will be if this is the only surgical intervention she will need throughout her life. [...]
We have entered into Week 10 of the SPICA CAST. I call the thing “evil cast,” but for my daughter, it is just life. It’s amazing to me how resilient she is. Everyone said the cast would be harder on the parents than on the kiddos, and they were right! Look at this kid! While [...]
We’ve now survived SEVEN weeks in the Spica cast! WAHOOOO! 41 days until Cast CUT OFF FOR GOOD! We had a major challenge in Week 7 – namely, Sara caught a stomach bug. She vomited most of one night and then had diarrhea the next day. Luckily, the bug was short lived, but let me [...]
We had our 6 week post-hip dysplasia surgery follow up appointment yesterday. That means we’re HALF-WAY finished with the spica cast!!!! We were hoping we’d get an xray to verify the positioning of Sara’s femur (for peace of mind…) and we had been told they would alter the cast a bit. In my research I [...]
We have survived another week in the SPICA. Five down, SEVEN to go. This week was a little easier than last week. Our “schedule” is back to a more normal pace. We’re sleeping a little bit better. And, best of all, I did not have to take anyone to the doctor during Week 5! I’m [...]
We’ve survived another week in the Spica cast. Four weeks down, eight to go. Week 4 was by far the worst week yet. We got completely off our daily rhythm (we don’t have much of a formal schedule but we do have a rhythm)- ALL because of poop. Yes, poop. You see, my husband had [...]
We have now passed the THREE week mark in the SPICA cast. Three weeks down, Nine to go. A burning question on my mind has to with pain. Everything I have read about hip dysplasia (and I’ve read a lot) is that it’s NOT painful. The two very highly respected doctors we’ve seen both told [...]
I’m not going to lie to you. Diapering with a spica cast is a massive pain. I can’t use my normal cloth diapers because I need something that keeps moisture out of the cast. I’m bummed about that, but I’m getting over it. I can’t do it all. If I could, I would’ve fixed her [...]
We’ve survived one week so far in a Spica Cast. One week down, eleven to go. It’s been a challenge to say the least. If you’re not familiar with spica casts, this is what they look like. Her left leg is casted all the way to her ankle. Her right leg is casted to the [...]
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