Surgery is Thursday, May 6th. That is in 9 days. The countdown is on and we are all ready for the big day to be here. Rylynn and I will fly down and back on Monday for her Covid test, then drive Tuesday night to Dallas in order to be there for pre-op on Wednesday. We will be in the hospital until Saturday. It’s whole big thing to be doing an elective surgery during Covid. We are grateful for all of our friends and family who are going out of their way to help us out during this time. Rylynn will be in a spica cast, which is a full body cast, for 6 weeks. There will be plenty of challenges due to the nature of the spica cast. When she was smaller, it was annoying. Now that she’s a tall and long legged 8 year old it is going to be downright frustrating. We have a lot of questions about how she will be transported, how she will use the bathroom, how we will move her around the house, etc. Since we have done this a few times we somewhat know what to expect but there will be a lot of things that are different this time. I’ll try to share as we figure out our processes. One thing we know for sure, is that everything is figureoutable. It will be difficult, but we are creative and resourceful and pretty tough. I bet we figure out all kinds of tricks and I look forward to sharing so that anyone else going through this can use our story and experience as a resource.
Rylynn will miss the last 3 weeks of 2nd grade. We’re hoping that once she’s healed up a little we will be able to take her up to her school to visit her friends a few times. We do know that we will be sent home with a special wheelchair and so she will have some way to get around, as limited as that may be.
Please pray for strength and patience and healing.
One thing I know for sure. This bright light of a human is shining even in this shadow. We have ups and downs and fears, but her courage is contagious.
Adventures in Hip Dysplasia 