Hi everyone! I’m glad you stumbled across my web page. Please bear with me as I’m developing this web site to give you all the information I can. I will be adding information daily. I’ve created this website and Foundation on behalf of my 18-month old son, Logan.

But let me introduce myself. My name is Kim. I’m a 36 year old mother of an 18 month old boy with Congenital Hip Dysplasia. Logan was diagnosed late, at 6 months, and since has had surgery on his dislocated hip, a body cast (aka Spica Cast) for 3 months; he received physical therapy twice a week and wore a brace at night.

After the first operation, cast and brace, Logan received physical therapy for 8 months. At his 6 month visit with the Orthopedic Surgeon after the first surgery, X-rays concluded Logan’s surgery was not enough to correct the malformation of the hip socket. At 16 months, they told us Logan will need another surgery to form the hip socket properly. He was operated on again this September 6th.

This was his second operation, and he is subsequently in his second body cast. In approximately 5 weeks he will need a procedure to remove the pins from his hip. At about 6 weeks this cast will be removed. With continued physical therapy, we hope to have Logan on his feet shortly thereafter. We do not forsee any other operations in the near future, but nothing is ever certain.

As a first time Mom, I read all I could about pregnancy, birthing, child rearing, you name it. However, I was never prepared for the news that my son’s hip was dislocated, and as a result, the hip ball and socket were deformed. I was never prepared for the surgery and especially the body cast my son was in for 3 months.

I live on Long Island in New York and feel we have some of the best doctors available to us on the Island and in the City. With the use of the Internet and all of our resources, we still struggled finding support and practical, useful information to help us through this time. My intention of this website is to try to provide the best information I can based on my experience and provide the reader with information that I found helpful, which unfortunately wasn’t available to me until after the fact.

My husband and I continue this journey with our son, Logan. While doing so, I hope to shed some light on this subject and hope to get feedback from families who can add their experiences to this site. With all of us working together I think we can make a big difference in the way the doctors work with us, the way we are with our children, and the way we are with our spouses.

Feel free to write me your concerns or similar situations and I will do my best to answer you in the most helpful way I can. I've also created a Forum where you can post your comments or share your situation with other readers.