...Today is the day that we meet the surgeon who is going to be performing Maisie's operation, 10am! The Surgeon was running around 20 Min's late, but that's not too bad for a surgeon. When we went into the room, Maisie's x-ray was up on the computer, and she explained to us that Maisie will need "open surgery" in an attempt to fix the hip dysplasia!....deep breath.....took that one rather well....the surgeon then checked Maisie's hips, like the same test that's done at birth and at their 6-8 week checks, she told us that she could feel where the left leg didn't move as much as the right leg, and that she could feel some muscle tightness in Maisie's groin area. We asked her if she had any idea on how long Maisie will be in hospital for, the surgeon said it is usually around 3-5 days, but did stress that it all depends on the patient as every patient is different! then we will need to go back after the cast has been on for 6 weeks to have it changed, and while there changing the cast they will also x-ray her hips to see how its getting along. We have been advised from the surgeon that should there be no bone growth Maisie will need a 2nd operation, most probably before her 2nd Birthday. The surgeon also explained that we must not give Maisie calpol to help the aches/pains that she gets as hiding the pain with painkillers will result in Maisie not feeling the pain, doing more, causing more damage, but we are just to let her walk around as she wants too, because Maisie will stop once it aches or if she gets any pain. Maisie is being referred to The Royal London hospital for her operation. Link at the bottom of the post. We were then told to wait for a phone call for a date for Maisie's surgery, but that we would be looking at around April, which we think is too long for such a small child to wait, but we could get a cancellation appointment, so this left us with a waiting game....
Steph xxxx
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