Thursday, August 11, 2016

Hip Doc Update

We visited Lily's hip doctor this week. If I called the visit "dream-crushing" that would only be a slight exaggeration. During our last visit (6 months ago) the doctor assured us that Lily's hip was on track but was still slightly underdeveloped. She gave us the option to keep Lily in the rhino brace in hopes that it would speed up development or she said we could stop using the brace and hope it would continue anyway. We opted for the brace...especially since she said we would only use it for 6 more months. The doc said there comes a point where the brace doesn't really do much and for Lily that point would be about 1.5 years old. 

So for the last 6 months we've been using the brace nightly and I've been telling myself that if I could make it 6 more months, we would be brace free. 

Enter the sound of hopes shattering. At this last visit the doctor said Lily's hip is still underdeveloped. Actually, the doctor didn't even see her...it was the nurse practitioner. I'm sure she's fine and stuff but we waited 6 months (and 1.5 hours in the room). A visit from the doctor would have been nice. The nurse practitioner said we should keep her in the brace and check back in 6 months. 

Uh, excuse me, what? That was not our previous agreement. And I don't like this new arrangement. Or I guess it would be a continuation of our current arrangement. 

Of all of our hip checks, I think this one was my least favorite. I keep telling myself that it could be worse...way worse. The hip could be regressing. We could have to move on from the brace to surgery or casts or other way more terrible options. The brace is manageable. But still. I'm a baby. And I'm whining. Because I don't want to mess with the brace anymore. The end was in sight! And now it's not. And it bums me out. So you get to hear about it.

And, to make matters worse, Husband and I have been sugarless for about 15 days. This means that my favorite part of Lily's hip checks (Cheesecake Factory) was not an option. I couldn't even drown my sorry in a big piece of White Chocolate Raspberry cheesecake! 

Perspective, Joy, perspective. Eh, it's too hot for perspective today...maybe tomorrow. 

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