Saturday, August 29, 2009

Another Hip Update....

Well, I wish I had better news.  We spent 2 hours at the hospital last week to spend 30 seconds with the doctor who told us her hips looked better but weren't "perfect" so she wants us to continue with the harness for another 2 months.  She never reviewed the x-rays with us just told us her Acetabular angle is 30 degrees when it should be 25.  Very strange considering the previous doctor we went to said that 30 was considered normal.  The link below is to a graph that lays out what is normal for each age.  As you can see 30 is basically on the border of normal and mild.  

http://www.hip-baby.org/images/matacendx.gif

AND we have to buy a new harness which happens to be the brand this particular doctor owns.  She seemed pretty pissed we had the "other" brand.  Sounds a little fishy to me....  Now we have to wait for our insurance to approve us getting another harness, I am really hoping it doesn't get approved!  

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