We've been sponge bathing Savannah up until today. Her orthopedic specialist told us we could bath her out of the brace if one of us held her legs apart while the other bathed her. We felt this was going to be way to hard, so we've been sponging her until now. Neither of us could no longer stand watching her not be able to take any kind of bath besides the sponging. She loves the bath so much, and she's missed splashing and all that. We decided to give it a try, and I am so glad we did. She loved it.
We have a little white dish type tub we bought from the dollar store awhile back. We use it for her bath toys. Anyway, Matt got the bright idea to turn that over inside the tub and sit her on it with her legs apart. It actually worked like a charm, keeping her legs angled exactly like they were in the brace. We filled the tub up enough so she could reach the water and splash all she wanted without her legs moving from their position. Matt held her while I bathed her, and then continued to hold her and let her play a bit. She was so happy, and it was just wonderful seeing her take somewhat of a normal bath again.
She didn't want to get out when the time came, and she let us know it. She was not thrilled about being put back in her brace either, but I honestly think some of that was the fact she didn't want to get out of the tub yet! I can't blame her since she's been through so much and has missed bathtime too. We are going to do this at least once a week now that we know we can bathe her this way fairly easily.
I try not to think about her future too much, because I will worry myself silly over it. I can't help but think about it sometimes though. I am praying for a miracle when she's 18 months because I don't know what I will do if she has to have surgery and another spica cast then. After seeing her in the brace, standing and cruising, and being a more active happy baby, I can't imagine having to go back to that cast, even if it would only be for 6 weeks. I just can't stand the thought of it. It breaks my heart to even think about it. We were told on our last visit that she had a 50/50 chance. I just hate waiting and not knowing for sure. This has been the hardest thing I've ever done in my life, and I just want it to all be over!
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Savannah Grace was diagnosed with Congential Hip Dysplasia of her left hip while at her routine 9 month check up on November 21, 2007. This blog is dedicated to all hip-babies, hip-moms, and hip-dads. I hope this blog will help others who are going through the same thing.
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All the best with Savannah. I know it's hard but try to remain positive about the future. My daughter just came out of her spica cast this week and is in a temporary brace for six weeks. We have no idea what's in store for her later and considering how serious the ortho deemed her hip dysplasia initially, I have a feeling this is not the end of treatment.
This blog is a great resource, I think I'll pass it on too a few other parents experiencing or about to experience the spica.
Good luck with your beautiful little girl :)
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