MY HIP.

So the last thing that everyone heard about my hip was that the cool needle in the hip procedure I had done found a Labral tear in my left hip…we didnt really know what to do next since the doctor didnt seem to want to help me at all, but after we talked to our specialist, we made an appointment with the ONLY hip surgeon in this area that has done the labral tear surgery (successfully) on someone with Ehlers Danlos.

So then we waited…….

and waited……

and waited…..

3 whole months to be exact…

after seeing so many mean doctors and being so discouraged throughout my life by doctors who didnt believe me, all I wanted was for this doctor to be nice.

I just needed a kind doctor. 

I didnt even care what happened to my hip at that point I just needed a caring doctor. 

plus, if he's the only one in this area, I'm stuck with him!!

I walked into the appointment at the beginning of january with my sister and my dad, still praying for a kind doctor. 

AND HE WAS SO NICE. 

He is probably one of the nicest doctors I have ever seen. Thank you Jesus!!!

God knew thats what I needed, especially now. 

After he looked at my X-ray he told me some news I didnt expect to hear..

It turns out I have hip dysplasia and femoral anteversion, which I was born with. I didnt really know what that was but all I could really process is that the surgery is gonna be a lot bigger than I expected.

To make a very long story short, if I don't do this surgery now, I will need a full hip replacement in my mid twenties. 

So basically what the plan is now, is to get a CT scan of my hips to decide wether or not they will need to surgically fix the Femoral anteversion, which my doctor believes they will. 

Wether or not they do that, they will still have to fix the tear and the dysplasia.

The surgery for the hip dysplasia is called a Periacetabular Osteotomy (PAO), which basically means cut the pelvis and move it so its in the right position. (you can google it, its weird)

and the surgery for my femur is the same…cut and move..

Scary right?

I will update everyone after my CT scan, but for now, on march 16th, I will be having two procedures done at the same time and possibly a third.

With such a big procedure, I will not be able to walk for at least 2 months, and after that I will have to pretty much relearn how to walk on my newly positioned leg. 

Throughout the whole process of planning the surgery, the only thing that makes me upset is that fact that 3 other orthopedic doctors missed this…

They simply didnt believe I was in pain so they missed such a big thing, thats causing such a big change in my life.

but through it all I know God has a plan.. He knows what he's doing

and  maybe he just wanted me to have this kind and caring doctor I've always dreamed of. 

Thank you everyone for being so kind to me as always, I will update you all throughout the whole process <3