We had an ultrasound on the baby's hip on Monday, to check out her progress. There was a part of me clinging to the hope that she would be able to come out of it, as one of the first timelines we were told was 6 - 8 weeks (she's know been in it for 6 weeks).
As soon as the scanner had a look and din't say a lot, I knew it wasn't going to be coming off yet.
Her hip coverage is at 46-48% (it should be at 50%), and with pressure it goes down to 42%. Her last scan had it at 45% coverage, so it is slightly improved.
We went to see the pediatrician earlier this afternoon, and he started by trying to get in touch with an orthopedic surgeon that has a 'pediatric interest'. It later prevailed that the Dr didn't realise she was already in a harness (instills us with confidence, right?!) and so he was worried that it was actually getting worse. We're actually a little confused by this because the figures were getting better, but somehow once he knew she was in the harness he was more confident that the harness is working. He then asked us why we had a scan and appointment at 6 weeks, because there isn't a lot of research in to how a hip in harness should look at this early stage (as if I had decided to get the scan and appointment just for fun). Hrm.
We have an xray booked in for her on the 20th of February (she's now at the point where she has too much muscle/fat over her joint so an ultrasound won't provide a clear enough picture) and an appointment with the pediatrician again on the 24th.
There's a few potential outcomes
- her hip could be fine by then, and she will be harness free.
- it may need a little extra, so she will get a different harness, to be worn only at night.
- it may not be good enough and she will need to see a specialist in Sydney.
- it could potentially be a degenerative hip thing, which will 'always be hard work'. The specialists would be able to tell us more about it then.
We'll see how it pans out in two months time.
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