Five more days!!

13 weeks and 2 days. That's how long Katie has been wearing her cast. 5 days. That's how long we have left. 2:15 PM on July 11th cannot come soon enough. I can hardly believe that we have been on this journey toward healthy hips for Katie for this long, and am so thrilled to be so close to the end. Katie has adapted fully to life in her cast, and we are now baby-proofing since she is crawling everywhere. Yes. Crawling.
Katie's doctor is optimistic that she won't need a brace when the cast comes off. Please pray that this is indeed the case. We would like nothing more than to be able to move forward with our lives, and make DDH (developmental dysplasia of the hips) only a party of Katie's medical HISTORY, and move forward with her life as an adventurous, curious, crawling machine.
Throughout this journey I have read so many stories of moms who knew something was wrong, but pediatricians gave false assurances that everything was fine. These women now have babies/toddlers whom have endured multiple procedures and operations. I feel blessed to have had a doctor who humored me and gave me the X-ray. He was wrong. I was right. My intuition has hopefully helped to make Katie's journey a short one. I firmly believe that ALL newborns should be given the ultrasound at birth to check for DDH. They charge us to check for their hearing, so they should check for this, too. It would be so simple. It would save so much pain and frustration for families.
Thank you to the friends who checked their babies' hips. I am so happy that all of your babies' hips are healthy!
Final thought for you mommies out there...please don't use the bjorn. It does not support the hips. If your child has loose hips (which you have no way of knowing), it could cause the hip to slip out of the socket. I feel certain that this is what happened with our sweet Katie. Use the ergo. It supports the hips. It is recommended by orthopedists for healthy hips.
Five more days...

First ride on the carousel. She loved it!