Harper was diagnosed with bilateral hip dysplasia when she was minutes old. She has been in bracing/harnesses/casts since birth. Her left hip corrected itself with the Pavlik Harness. Harper has had 4 Operating Room procedures since she was 4 months old. She had an open reduction and spica cast placement on March 17, 2015, with a repeat procedure the next day due to dislocation. She then dislocated 2 more times during the repeat procedure. Although Harper has the most unstable hip that her doctor has seen, she is doing amazingly well at 3 years old . She is running, jumping and tumbling all over the place, There is a very good chance that she will need a pelvic osteotomy in the next 1-2 years. I honestly don’t know where we would be without the early detection and treatment at Boston Children’s Hospital as well as all of the resources that I found from the International Hip Dysplasia Institute.
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