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Operation Day: 12 months later…. (Hip Dysplasia survival)

Hip Dysplasia has not beaten us.

Time is a curious thing.

This time a year ago I was filled to the brim with anxiety, I paced the hospital corridors biting my nails waiting for my one year old daughter to return from theatre with her legs bound in spica to correct Hip Dysplasia.

A whole year ago.

Look at us now, I barely recongnise my daughter.  Free from cast, learning to run when we have just mastered walking, tentatively treading on a trampoline cautionously trying to work out how to jump.

She is not quite fixed but she is no longer broken.

Her mobility is less than that of most her age, she prefers to see the world from the height of my arms and for now that is fine, I am not in a rush to see her growing up and dashing away from me.

She has physio to try and correct the  legacy of spica which has left her with limited mobility in her left hip and a total  inflexibility in rotation of her surgically healed bones.  Physio has left her with a love of swimming in hot pools and a dread of the council’s icy Olympic sized bath.

I never take walking for granted, every step she makes, every wiggle, every time she runs into my arms I close my eyes and see her laying on a bed, pale, exhausted and trapped by a cast.  Then I let the warmth cut through me and cuddle my determined little girl and pray that this journey she is taking is close to an end.

Twelve months on – look how far we have come!

Huge thanks to Emma at mummymummymum for making my video!

Comments

  1. Notmyyearoff says

    February 12, 2013 at 10:45 pm

    Yay!! Gosh what a journey you’ve all had. She’s done so well. As has her very strong mummy xx May 2013 be completely your year!!

    Reply
    • northernmum says

      February 18, 2013 at 8:28 pm

      Thanks x x x

      Reply
  2. Rhian @melbs says

    February 12, 2013 at 11:59 pm

    She’s done so well and so have you! Go Libs! Xxx

    Reply
    • northernmum says

      February 18, 2013 at 8:28 pm

      cheers chuck

      Reply
  3. Sian says

    February 13, 2013 at 7:22 am

    Just wonderful! : )

    Reply
    • northernmum says

      February 18, 2013 at 8:28 pm

      Thank you 🙂

      Reply
  4. Emma says

    February 13, 2013 at 8:32 am

    Love this. Our girls are always my inspiration when I have a crap day.
    Much love to the gorgeous BB.

    Reply
    • northernmum says

      February 18, 2013 at 8:28 pm

      right back at ya x

      Reply
  5. Super Amazing Mum says

    February 13, 2013 at 9:00 am

    lovely video – what a difference a year makes eh xxx

    She is your absolute DOUBLE by the way!

    Reply
    • northernmum says

      February 18, 2013 at 8:29 pm

      I know – poor lamb!

      Reply
  6. Cakesphotoslife (Angie) says

    February 13, 2013 at 9:01 am

    What a beautiful video, good luck Libby Sue xxx

    Reply
    • northernmum says

      February 18, 2013 at 8:29 pm

      ta muchly x

      Reply
  7. Thinly Spread says

    February 13, 2013 at 9:07 am

    Wow Jane! That’s fabulous, what a star! Brilliant video too, that Emma is a clever woman!

    Reply
    • northernmum says

      February 18, 2013 at 8:29 pm

      she is I am eternally greatful!

      Reply
  8. Coombemill says

    February 13, 2013 at 9:52 am

    Great to hear a good news story out here at the moment. She is a ray of sunshine which comes across on the video.

    Reply
    • northernmum says

      February 18, 2013 at 8:30 pm

      She can also be a stroppy little mare – but we dont blog about that! x

      Reply
  9. Hayley says

    February 13, 2013 at 10:20 am

    Yay!!

    We were discharged last month after 12w in a pavlik harness, 6m in spica, 6m in night brace, 6 weekly check up from 7w old until 13m, 6 monthly check ups for 2 years and then annual check ups until 7 years!!

    Reply
    • northernmum says

      February 18, 2013 at 8:32 pm

      Blimey and wow and yeah!!!!

      Reply
  10. Crystal Jigsaw says

    February 13, 2013 at 10:36 am

    That’s pretty damn awesome! Our children are strong and it’s often we adults who are the weak ones. But you’ve beaten all the odds and are making great progress.

    CJ x

    Reply
    • northernmum says

      February 18, 2013 at 8:32 pm

      Thanks CJ x

      Reply
  11. LauraCYMFT says

    February 13, 2013 at 11:50 am

    Awww what a beautiful video. It’s amazing what we take for granted in our own lives. To see her walking and then on to running must be an amazing feeling. And she looks SO like you Jane. Beautiful girl.

    Reply
    • northernmum says

      February 18, 2013 at 8:33 pm

      she is a stunner, dont know where she gets it from!

      Reply
  12. domestic goddesque says

    February 13, 2013 at 12:48 pm

    Just so happy that the agony was worth the results.

    Reply
    • northernmum says

      February 18, 2013 at 8:33 pm

      Me too – now if we could get rid of the limp….

      Reply
  13. JallieDaddy says

    February 13, 2013 at 11:38 pm

    Great she’s making such a good recovery; she seems like a really happy little girl 🙂

    Reply
    • northernmum says

      February 18, 2013 at 8:34 pm

      she is a star!

      Reply
  14. Molly says

    February 14, 2013 at 8:23 am

    Gorgeous girl. Proud of our girls. Welling up now… x

    Reply
    • northernmum says

      February 18, 2013 at 8:34 pm

      aw shucks

      Reply
  15. older mum in a muddle says

    February 15, 2013 at 9:19 am

    Well that brought a tear to my eye – well done Libby Sue, and well done YOU. Wonderful video – and what a f**cking year you’ve had! X.

    Reply
    • northernmum says

      February 18, 2013 at 8:35 pm

      it has been ‘different’

      Reply
  16. Laura says

    February 15, 2013 at 5:03 pm

    Well done, and just think when you look back in another twelve months what improvements you will see.

    Reply
    • northernmum says

      February 18, 2013 at 8:35 pm

      Lord I do hope so!

      Reply
  17. sarsm says

    February 16, 2013 at 12:53 am

    I’m so, so happy to read this. Fantastic!

    Reply
    • northernmum says

      February 18, 2013 at 8:35 pm

      Thanks lovely lady

      Reply

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