We went back to see Dr R at UVA a few weeks ago for a follow-up x-ray. Sabine did great in the car and for much of the appointment. she does NOT like to have x-rays taken and i don't like that she has to have so many, but what can you do. the only part she REALLY freaked out about was having her length and weight measured. absolute DRAMA over those. it was fun to finally have a length 25.75 in and weight 16lbs after all the time of guessing. max and i both thought she weighed more though.
anyway the x-ray looked good but not awesome. the way he put it 'the hip is still underdeveloped' but the bones are still in the right spot, it's very stable, we're just waiting for the bones to harden up a bit more. he asked us to get her to practice standing and she is more than happy to do that. the standing puts the head of the thigh bone into the socket even deeper and the pressure helps bone formation. (like ladies lifting weights to help prevent osteoporosis) otherwise we're just waiting to see. to see what happens and if anything needs to be done. it's a pain that we can't just say 'SWEET' we're all fixed but at least he didn't want to put on a brace or anything like that.
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