Faith's Mom's Blog

First of all, I feel totally guilty for neglecting my blog and I cannot believe it has taken me so long to be able to play catch up. We recently drove our van all the way to Toronto and back home again - and logged 2,885 miles in doing so. When I told Faith's teacher that she would be missing school for eight days as a result of our vacation, she asked if we would do a travel journal so Faith could share it with her class. Here is that journal that she got to share with her class on her 8th birthday which was this past Tuesday. On Saturday, October 8, 2011 me and my mom and dad left from Bismarck, North Dakota and drove in our van all the way to Toronto, Ontario Canada.  Faith is all settled in and ready to do some serious traveling! Canada is another country and is often called “our neighbor to the north” but to get to Toronto we always kept driving east. This is where my dad is from so we went to see my grandparents who live there along with other friends and relatives. I

Faith did great yesterday getting her x-rays taken. She stayed nice and still so that the technicians could get three good pictures of her hips. Shortly afterwards we headed upstairs to talk to the doctor and to see the pictures we had just taken. When the doctor pulled them up on the computer, even I could tell it wasn't good news. Faith's left hip has proceeded to come out of its socket. We had been hoping and praying for no changes, as the last two x-rays have shown. This time, though we could clearly see this was no longer the case. Her hip is about 40% out of its socket. At this point, we know we have to take action. If not, Faith's hip will, over time, become completely displaced. We set up a consult with a surgeon for November 1. From there we will set up another date for Faith's surgery to get her baclofen pump . This will be the first procedure for Faith where she will have an extended hospital stay - most likely 3-5 days. Thankfully, this can all be done h