Madison's Story

• We found out that Madison had Developmental Dysplasia of the Hips at 2 months old.
• At 2.5 months she was in a pavlik harness, by 5 months she was placed in bryant’s traction.
• At 5.5 months she had an open reduction followed by 12 weeks in a Spica Cast.

When all of this began I started doing lots of internet research and realized that there weren’t all that many resources out there that weren’t medical related. That stuff was useful, but I wanted the real stuff like what you do when poop explodes into the cast and how on earth you entertain a child that doesn’t fit into anything?

I decided that if I wrote about what we were going through that maybe some other parents would come across my blog and realize that our life hasn’t stopped since her cast and things aren’t bad at all.

If you came across this blog because your child has DDH, please shoot me an email, I’d love to hear from you. Also make sure to check out my Spica What? page as I am constantly trying to update it with details!