Two weeks from today I will be on the other side of my open heart surgery. I have moments of great excitement for the time to be here and then moments of shear fear of what could go wrong. I guess this is all normal for anyone facing a major surgery. I made the surgery date in early July and it feels like time is just moving at a snail's pace. I am looking forward to feeling better and being able to do things that I couldn't endure before. Maybe I'll be able to run? Maybe I'll be able to sit on the floor with my daughter without my legs falling asleep almost immediately. Maybe climbing a hill won't be so difficult and I won't have to stop every 10 feet to catch my breath. I keep telling myself if 18-month-old me can do it, 30-year-old me can do it.
At Elliot's 3rd well baby visit her pediatrician discovered a click in her left hip. He said that it could be nothing, but we should get it checked out and he referred us to an orthopedic surgeon at a children's hospital 3 hours away. We had our first appointment with the orthopedic surgeon at the end of July and sure enough he diagnosed her with left hip dysplasia. He assured us it was a common thing and can be treated. The first step in our treatment plan was a Pavlik Harness. This is the actual picture shown on the packaging of the harness. Me and my husband thought "well that baby is happy, it can't be that bad"...wrong! The nurse put it on her and she screamed her head off the whole way through! Then they decided that one was too small and took it off and put a bigger one on her. Oh, it was terrible she was screaming, I was crying. The doctor and nurse kept telling me that it wasn't hurting ...
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