And so it begins...

Our medical facility officially becomes my 2nd home:

On July 22nd, Little Lady turned a week old. She also had the first (of MANY) Dr. appts. I took her in to radiology for an ultrasound on her hips. The ultrasound was ordered by the Pediatric Orthopedic Surgeon.
It was a pretty quick procedure, they poked and prodded at her and moved her all around trying to get the angles and measurements they needed. She pee'd on their towel.
It started with an Ultrasound Technician. She did some "ultrasounding" and then left to get the radiologist for the 2nd part of the appt. When he came in, he took a look at what she had done, and took over to do some more.
Then when he finished up he said that *maybe* her hips looked a little shallow but in his opinion, the measurements were NOT consistent with hip dysplasia. They gave me a sealed copy of the ultrasound report, and told me to give it to the Ortho tomorrow at Little Lady's appt.

THE NEXT DAY

On July 23rd (mama's birthday) we took Little Lady to the Ortho for her first appt since they met in the NICU. The Dr. declared that her knees were already showing some improvement as far as flexibility and range of motion, but she still gave us a 'potential diagnosis' of Arthrogryposis. IF this is what she has, it is a mild case. She also told us that her ultrasound results did not appear to be consistent with hip dysplasi (just reaffirmed what the radiologist told us the day before).  Then Dr said that she knows for us (mom & dad) this is a big deal, because it is our baby. But in the big picture of Little Lady's life... it's not a big deal. (ha!) Although, it did manage to make us feel some sense of relief. So, at this appointment, she prescribed a Pavlik Harness. This brace is typically used for patients with hip dysplasia, but her theory was that it would help pull Little Lady's legs up into a 'froggy' position, and encourage the knees to bend.
So, at 8 days old, she went home in this, and were told to come back in about 3 weeks.