The cast is off!! *for now*

Dallas, Shannon & Granny took Kylee to Sick Kids Hospital-Toronto to get her cast removed as well as x-rays taken.

Things went well, Kylee's hip is where it should be, and everything looks good :)

Kylee gets to be cast-free until January 23rd 2012, which is when her 2nd surgery will happen...
The surgery is on her cousin Jaicyn's birthday, as well as 3 days after her cousin Jeremy's birthday and her 4th birthday!! :O <3

 Kylee has been doing really great! She has been doing more each day that goes by! She can get on and off her bed as well as standing for a bit by herself! WHOOOOO HOOO!! We are all so proud of you Kylee!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Anything you dream, you can achieve!" We love you so much! xoxo

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Surgery Day

 The day of Kylee's surgery was definitely a tough day for the family...We had a long day of waiting, but thankfully - Our girl's surgery went great and she did SO well in recovery! It was 2 days before we she even cracked a smile though, it was sad :(

 

Kylee resting & daddy holding her hand 

The doctors at Sick Kids had forgotten to give her antibiotics to help fight off any infections, so the first few days were tougher than normal due to worrying about her getting an infection-luckily things continued on fine, no infection. WHEW!

                   

                                                            -Kylee 3 days after surgery -

 Dallas and Shannon had to use an ambulance service to get her home from Sick Kids, but have since decided to rent a special Britax Hippo Car seat for any future trips necessary.

When Kylee came home from the hospital, she went home to a living room FILLED with all sorts of balloons! and pretty decorations! The first few days out of the hospital were rough, but thankfully she never had too much pain or any complications - she is doing so great now, we are all so very proud of her!!

 Thank you to everyone who has shown support, or have sent their love, we appreciate it so much!

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Surgery Day For Kylee :(

The family is sitting at sick kids hospital waiting for our lil misses' surgery to start.. All of our hearts are breaking just thinking about it but we are all here together hoping for the best... We love you babygirl!!!!!!! Xoxoxoxoxox - auntie corie

SURGERY DISCHARGE SUMMARY

3 year old girl with bilateral hip dysplasia and dislocations. Otherwise well. She has bilateral trendelenburg gait and significantly reduced abduction on physical at clinic, and x-rays reveal bilateral hip dislocations.

She was admitted for a staged procedure of reduction of her hips on Oct 17th 2011. She had a left hip open reduction, capsulorraphy, proximal femoral shortening osteotomy, and innominate osteotomy on Oct 17th 2011.

She did well. Her hip reduced concentrically. She was immobilized in a spica cast post-op.

She can be activity as tolerated in her spica as long as she does not weight bear. She will have the cast off in 7-8 week in in Dr.Wedge's clinic with x-rays.

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Procedure:

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How a child is fitted with a Spica Cast

This is an example of how they put a spica cast on a child after a hip reduction surgery.

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