With the house in upheaval and us travelling round the country we had nearly forgotten about our Monday appointment with the orthopedic doctors. Last time we saw them 5 weeks ago we were told that the brace may well come off this time so we were hopeful about that.
Things didn't go well during the scan and our consultant was brought in to take an extra look. It appears that the progress we have been seeing has only been while her hips were in the position the harness puts them; stuck out to the sides. When her legs are moved to a more normal position the are moving out of socket and are not stable.
This means that she will need surgery again and soon. Before Christmas we were told so we are waiting on the letter with the dates on now. It is likely that the surgery will be in 2 parts. Firstly doing an arthrogram and depending on the results moving bits around in each hip to make them more stable. She will need to be plastered up from her abdomen to her feet which is probably going to be the hardest thing for us, not Summer who seems to be phased at nothing, to cope with. They leave holes for the necessities of course but these will get smelly. After 6 weeks she will then have another general anesthetic to remove the plaster and complete the surgery as necessary. Then another 6(ish) weeks of plaster before it will hopefully be off for good.
So from hoping the brace will be removed to this. Not what we were expecting or wanting at all and we are both gutted. I'm sure we will get through it and of course there is nothing we can do about it so we will adjust and keep on going; "press on to the goal to win the prize". It just feels a little further away tonight than it did last week.
I like to finish these on a slightly merrier note. While the serious consultant was giving us this bad news and telling us what was going to happen now Summer wouldn't stop laughing and blowing raspberries at him. Each time I, or anyone else in the room, looked at her we couldn't help but laugh back.
We are so grateful to have such a beautiful little girl and we remind ourselves, with the surgery coming up, its not brain surgery like last time!!!
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Hi Kathy and Nick
Sorry to hear about the set-back with little Summer Grace needing to have two more operations. Admire all your resilience in the face of all these happenings and I suspect Summer Grace gets her laid back attitude from her lovely parents
Lots of Love
Mary Cyprus XXXX
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