Prayers for Sweet Mary

Playing outside on Easter my sister pointed out Marys legs looked uneven.  I of course said, no...they are fine! My mom and sister insisted one was shorter so I picked them up and compared them...sigh, one was DEFINITELY longer! Like, half an inch!!  So we took her to the pedi the following Monday.  The pediatrician looked at her legs and hips and said it didn't look so much like a leg was actually longer but that her hips were out of alignment and she sent us to an AMAZING chiropractor in Frisco.  Within ONE TREATMENT our sweet Mary was walking!!! It was pretty amazing I must say!!  We were so excited with her progress after her not walking alone at all (was probably painful because her hips were so off).

We continued to take Mary to the chiro 2-3 times a week and continued to see fabulous results :)  I started to notice a popping in her hip when I changed her diaper.  I pointed this out to the chiropractor yesterday and she felt Marys hips and the pop.....and called our pediatrician scheduling us an apt for this morning.  We went to the pediatrician so she could examine as well and the popping was very concerning to her.  Mary had been examined at our old pediatrician and they always checked her hips and there was never a mention of an issue....maybe it was missed (probably not) or maybe now that her hips are aligned and she is walking the even pressure on her hip joints has caused the problem to finally surface (what I believe). 

Our pediatrician had us go straight to the hospital for xrays.  We headed back to this side of town to our hospital of choice (since storms were coming and our hospital would have us in and our MUCH faster than the big hospital our dr suggested).  We waited and had out xrays done (10 minutes and out the door!!). The orders were for the dr on call reading the xrays to call our pediatrician as soon as the results were read....and that it needed to be today.  We got home and called our chiropractor (she gave us her cell and wanted to be kept in the loop).  Our pediatrician gave us a call around 6 and let us know Mary has hip dysplasia.  Her ball and socket both are malformed and don't fit together as they should.  We will call an orthopedic specialist Monday morning and our pedi's orders are to get in ASAP.....every time Mary takes a step it is a chance for her hip to pop out, ick!!

So of course, once we got a diagnosis and I got a minute to myself (thanks Mom and Dad!!) I went online.  From my five minutes of research it's looking like our options will be a partial body cast or surgery and then the cast (which stays on 2-3 months :/  This will be SUPER FRUSTRATING to our sweet girl who JUST started walking and LOVES the new found freedom!!!!

PRAYER: we are praying that God will HEAL Mary and that minimal interventions, IF ANY are needed.  If we do need to do something we pray it is the cast as the worst case scenario.....cutting on my 18 pound baby would be awful.  Please pray for wisdom for the dr's as well as Josh and I as we make decisions as to how we proceed from here. Pray no further damage is done while we wait and that Mary will not be in pain.  We have the utmost trust in our pediatrician and chiropractor.....Praising His name for bringing them into our lives!!