We have had a very interesting week here with the girls. We took them for their 6 month check up on Tuesday and they are both healthy and doing well. But...Ava has a few obstacles in her way right now. We found out that she has hip dysplasia in her left hip, and her left eye is not straightening. She will need to be seen at the eye doctor to make sure she does not need eye muscle surgery.
I can't even explain how horrendous I have felt over the past few days.
On Wednesday we loaded up both girls and headed to the orthopedic doctor. Josh met us there and from the second I took Ava out of her carseat, to the second we put her back Josh had to have her to himself. He was a total baby hog, and I am not gonna lie I wanted to stab him! "I am the Mom, give me my baby, you just sit on the sidelines and be the supportive Dad." Ya well as you can tell from all of Josh's posts, he kind of likes his girls and will never be on the "sidelines". I am thankful for this, but my "mama bear" side came through a little bit that day!
Anyway back to what is important...
The doctor was able to determine with x-rays that Ava's left hip does dislocate. The good thing is that it doesn't always stay dislocated, she can get it popped back in. Thankfully we are hoping that her brace (the rhino brace, who thought that up?) will work for her and she won't need surgery and or a hip cast. We go back on July 8th to determine if it is working and what the next steps will be.
Apparently genetics, being a female, a multiple, and having been breech my entire pregnancy basically checked off all of the must haves for hip dysplasia; poor girl didn't stand a chance.
She has done fairly well since having it on, we had a few mild disturbances during napping and through the night our first full day, but otherwise she is doing fine. It is much harder on us, in the sense of worrying and looking at her all "tied up". We know it is best, and that this too shall pass, but you never want to see a perfect little baby have to go through anything that might be uncomfortable for them. I just have to be thankful that she is otherwise healthy and happy and that this is only going to make her stronger--in every sense of the word.
It's terrible to say but when I first saw her in her brace I teared up a bit thinking about how uncomfortable she looked, and then what everyone will think when we take her in public. Everyone will think there is something terribly wrong with our baby and stare even more than they already do. Or people will think she had an injury and I am not a good Mom...It didn't take long for me to snap out of this and realize this isn't about me and my feelings. Who cares what other people think, we know why she has to wear her brace and what is going on with her and she is all I need to worry about, not other people.
All I have to say to end this post is; it is so very hard to watch your child have to go through anything uncomfortable. I cannot imagine what mommies of sick babies go through, we are lucky that thus far we have only had to discuss uncomfortable things that can be fixed. Our little girl can be fixed and will never know the difference, some moms are worried about way worse things. Reminding myself that this is not life threatening and she won't even remember these things. All she will ever know is that she had a rough start, but we got through it surrounded by lots of love! So...thanks for thinking of us and our Avie girl.
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