March 9, 2018 "Hip Surgery Consult #3"

Well, amazingly Rayden's hips have not changed in the last six months! Dr. Cuomo said they might actually be a little bit better. Although his left hip remains 75% OUT of socket and the right remains 25% OUT of socket, she decided to wait on the hip surgery a little while longer.

Rayden's right foot is beginning to turn in really badly. It is fighting the bracing so bad that when we remove his cables at night his ankle is so fire red. Dr. Cuomo suggested doing a tendon transfer surgery to turn the foot more outward although it would only be a partial correction. To get a FULL correction she would need to move the ankle bone itself. After viewing his foot x-ray's she decided that his bones just aren't big enough right now. Therefore we made the decision to wait another year giving him time to grow. Then maybe combine the tendon transfer, ankle de-rotation and hip surgery all in one.