Today Jack and I went to get haircuts. I've been going to Amy for - well, let's just say long enough that neither on of us wants to put a number on the years. She cuts Nana's hair and now Jack's too. While I was there, the lady at the station next to Amy mentions that her granddaughter also has hip dysplasia. I ask how they are treating it. Did she need surgery? Did it get corrected with a brace? Her response left me speechless and dumbfounded. Her daughter-in-law doesn't want to do either! Um, excuse me?!?! How does a parent do that to their child?!?! Doesn't she realize that if she had started treatment it might have been corrected with a brace? Doesn't she know that as terrible as it is to have to send your child into surgery that correcting it while they are still growing could possibly prevent a lifetime of hip pain and issues and possible hip replacement at an early age?
Please, please, please if you have a child who is diagnosed with hip dysplasia get them treatment. If you don't understand, educate yourself, ask questions, find another doctor you are comfortable with and can talk to, get second and third opinions, find a specialist or two, email me if you want (though I am not a doctor).
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