Taite had a follow-up appt with the ortho on Friday ...
Taite is an over-achiever when it comes to healing her own body and is 7 weeks ahead of schedule with her hip growth/improvement. Which means that we can start to count down the weeks until the harness comes off. YIPEE! The specialist said that she wants to see her again in 3 weeks and if she keeps improving at the rate she is, we will be out of the harness during the day and only at night time!! She explained that Taite had a more severe form of the dysplasia and in both hips which only occurs in 25% of the cases so she thought we would be in the harness for at least 6 months before moving to only night time wearing. She was shocked and in fact called the radiologist to re-read the report to make sure it was accurate!!
I also spoke to her about the sensory issues which may be associated with the harness. She explained that it does happen in about 25% of the cases where the infants just cannot handle the constant physical restraints of the harness. She also explained that when the body is still busy growing bones and connecting nerve endings etc it can physically over-stimulate them. She told me that if Taite's body has been doing such hard work to get the results that we have so far that it is no wonder she is on sensory over-load. So this only reassures us that when the harness comes off we will likely have only a very little bit of adjusting/therapy to get her physical stimulation to calm down. Although just because she is on sensory over-load it isn't a reason to discontinue the use of harness because we need the hips to fully be corrected so she can walk and run properly.
So although it is hard not to get excited about her possibly only being in the harness for another 3 weeks for 24 hours a day ... I am also trying to be realistic and be ok with the fact that her healing may slow down some and we may have to wear it longer. Either way, she is doing an amazing job at not resisting her body in correcting itself!!
Finally some great news!!!!
DH, 37 
- Married 11 yrs
05/16/2005 {150mg Clomid & 1500mg metformin}
