our little 'hippie'

After talking with the pediatrician again today, the orthopedic pediatrician came up tonight to talk about Corrie's hips. He confirmed the "congenital hip dysplasia" that the other doc discovered. Even though they haven't seen this since they were in med. school residency, they said it was very obvious (it's apparently very rare).

There are a few different types; Corrie's is that both hips are able to locate and dislocate their joints. Being firstborn and a girl are both 'risk factors' that relate to CHD--and possibly low amniotic fluid. We're not sure if there is any history in our families...

So next week (Edit: June 19 was the first available appt.) we'll be headed to Nashville to see the specialists at Vanderbilt (maybe the med students will get to try her out :). She'll get to wear these braces (above) for a few weeks, but we're glad they discovered it now -- she should be fine after maybe 6 weeks. We'll have more info next week, hopefully, but if you want to read more about CHD: read this link.

On a brighter note, her hearing test was good and she received her hepatitis shots :)