Last week, Sam and I flew to Denver to see Dr. Benson again to check his hip. He has been in a hip brace at night since the middle of October when he was diagnosed with left hip dysplasia. We were anxious to see if things were moving in the right direction. Good news!!!! The xray below shows his hip back in October (right) and then last week (left). The goal is for the highlighted angle to be at 25 degrees by a year. In October, Sam's left hip was at 34.4 degrees- not maturing as rapidly as it should. With the brace encouraging his hip socket to deepen, it is now at 29.4 degrees!!!!!!!!!!!!! This allows the bones to do whatever they are supposed to do next and Dr. Benson was very pleased. You can't see the other highlights from this scan of the xray very well but several other little improvements could be seen in both hips (alignment, white fuzzy spots which mean something with his bones, etc)... the bad left hip is getting better quickly and the good right hip was looking even more beautiful! We are erroring on the side of caution and he will wear his brace until May or June when we go back to Dr. Benson again. The brace doesn't bother him at all at night and he can now sleep on his back, sides or belly without frustration. We couldn't be more pleased! Way to go Sam and his hips!!!!!
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