Open reductions scheduled

Rilynn will have her first open reduction on her right hip on Tuesday, June 22 and her left hip will be on Tuesday, August 12. They will both  be at 11:30 am. We were a little disappointed with the dates because 3 weeks apart means an extra week in the spica and the second surgery wasn't the best timing for Travis's work schedule, but we are glad to have this scheduled. I was also hoping for a 7:30 start time, but we had to take what we could get to get it scheduled this soon. Again, this isn't guaranteed to work, but there's a better chance than the last one and our surgeon is doing everything he can to increase our chances including having his partner assist and doing them in 2 surgeries rather than 1. I have a better feeling going into this one than I did the last. We did find out a couple of reasons her hips did not stay in place. She has shallow sockets, which is probably because her hips were out for so long even while she was still in utero, and they did not have a joint to grow around. And she has super tight tendons and ligaments (probably gets that from me) that are pulling her femur head out.  During this next procedure Dr. Renwick and Dr. Turker will be going in from the front of the hip and can see what's going on to make any cuts to loosen up those tendons and remove any tissue in the way.  They will again place the hip into the socket and cast her. There is not any hardware used for this operation. Her hips are still developing into bone and are too soft to use anything.  Once her hips are in place, we will have regular check ups even after the cast to look to see if her sockets grow around the femur head. If not, around the age if 3 she will have additional operations to help those sockets hold her hips in place. We decided to do these open reductions earlier in hopes to prevent further surgeries in he future. We trust that our surgeons will continue to make decisions that are in Rilynn's best interest and that these upcoming surgeries will be complication free! Thanks again for all of your support!