Pip, or Lainee, arrived 11 weeks early into this world. She was due February 5th, 2014 but had to come November 22nd, 2013. I had h1n1 and pneumonia, resulting in coding on November 22nd while trying to clean out my lungs and attempting to take me to the OR. So, Lainee was born in my sicu room at 5:06pm, 3.3lbs and not at all a concern. I remained in a coma until December 23rd. But I finally got to see her in January. I got released January 16th and she got released one day before her due date.
I finally decided to go back to work at the start of June. That is until our Dr appointment for her hip changed my plans.
On May 23rd, one day after she turned 6 months, Lainee had a hip xray. I was optimistic that it would be nothing. Or maybe just needing a brace. But when the Dr came in and started talking, my hope flew out the door. Lainee had a dislocated hip. Her left, to be more exact. And surgery is the only option. He kept asking me, like every other Dr I've taken her to, if she was breech when she was born. They stare at me when I tell them I don't know.
So I explain the story for the millionth time, get the "wow you've been through a lot" and sympathetic smile. He tells me, while Lainee is screaming in my arms, about surgery. And a cast. A cast that will have to be from her armpits to her ankles for 3 months. No baths, no rolling over, no trying to move.
I felt the room spin. But we had an answer. And we caught it earlier than most. Not early enough for just a brace, but early enough. I left the Dr with some questions unanswered, but understanding enough.
This past Wednesday, she had an ultrasound on her hips. The tech got her hip to pop in place for a minute! That, gave me hope again. She said the socket is at 58% which is supposedly really close to normal. Again, makes me hopeful that this little girl will only need one surgery. The only thing stopping her hip from staying in the socket is her muscles that have grown to how her hip is dislocated.
So on June 12th she'll go in being able to wiggle, then come out immobile for 3 months. This blog will help serve as my outlet, and maybe help for other moms who have to go through this.
