Posted by John on 5/18/06

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Hello, I hope someone can give me suggestions, ideas, or a
place to turn to where I can get information/help. My wife
was born with her hip dislocated and out of the socket. The
doctors told her mother she would never walk. She was in a
boddy cast at the age of 15 months and was in it for 18
months. After getting out the doctors said everything was
fine, it is looking good etc. She is now 26 years old. I
took her to an orthepedic surgeon due to the pain in the
same hip. He showed us the x-rays which showed that my
wifes hip was badly deformed, the ball which goes into the
hip is the size of a marble. The doctor told her that she
needed to have her hip replaced whenever she can no longer
stand the pain. He said that if the doctors would have
found this when she was born (and not at 15 months) and
they put it back in properly and performed their duties
properly, she would not be needing a hip replacement today.
She now also has arthritus (spelling??) in her hips. What
can we do about this/ if anything? I know it has been a
long time, but we just found out about 1 year ago as to the
severity of it. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you in
advance.

Re: Wife needs a hip replacement, 7/02/07, by JOHN ..Continued.

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