My daughter was diagnosed about 20 months ago with AVN of her hip. She is very athletic and this dx has been deviststing to her, to all of us. She was at a softball tournament when she started to complain of pain in her groine area. We thought she pulled a muscle initially. A week later we took her to the dr. and he ordered an Xray. Immediately we were advised to get her off her leg(no weight bearing at all). She was on crutches for 4 months.
We took her to New York and Boston for additional opinions. We chose to go with the least invasive treatment, this was to do nothing. She is able to walk with a slight limp, she started to play basketball again this year (she does not have the ability she once had but we were happy she was on the court with her friends again). She is able to jog/ run up and down the court but not a full sprint. She started playing softball again last spring. She is a pitcher so she finds herself able to pitch and hit but does not really run the bases. Her coaches will substitute a runner for her being as she cannot slide or run to full capacity.
Again, we are elated that she can participate at some level, again not what she used to be but still a great player. After games she says her leg is tired and describes it as a heavy feeling. We worry we are letting her do too much, we don’t want her to have further damage but we also want to let her be a kid and enjoy her childhood.
She has aspirations of playing softball in college, we are not sure with this condition she will have the opportunity to play at that level. We sometimes ask ourselves would she be better off having surgery (THR) at this age? The doctor is taking a very conservative approach and suggest we wait for as long as we can to do any surgery (20-30years old). Of course by then her involvement in sports will decrease. We don’t want to do a surgery for the wrong reasons. We want to do what’s best for her. Sometimes we struggle with what that is. Right now she wants to do all the things kids do. Run, jump, ski, ice skate, sports, etc. but she is limited. Anyone have similar circumstances? Thank you all for listening and for any advice.
We took her to New York and Boston for additional opinions. We chose to go with the least invasive treatment, this was to do nothing. She is able to walk with a slight limp, she started to play basketball again this year (she does not have the ability she once had but we were happy she was on the court with her friends again). She is able to jog/ run up and down the court but not a full sprint. She started playing softball again last spring. She is a pitcher so she finds herself able to pitch and hit but does not really run the bases. Her coaches will substitute a runner for her being as she cannot slide or run to full capacity.
Again, we are elated that she can participate at some level, again not what she used to be but still a great player. After games she says her leg is tired and describes it as a heavy feeling. We worry we are letting her do too much, we don’t want her to have further damage but we also want to let her be a kid and enjoy her childhood.
She has aspirations of playing softball in college, we are not sure with this condition she will have the opportunity to play at that level. We sometimes ask ourselves would she be better off having surgery (THR) at this age? The doctor is taking a very conservative approach and suggest we wait for as long as we can to do any surgery (20-30years old). Of course by then her involvement in sports will decrease. We don’t want to do a surgery for the wrong reasons. We want to do what’s best for her. Sometimes we struggle with what that is. Right now she wants to do all the things kids do. Run, jump, ski, ice skate, sports, etc. but she is limited. Anyone have similar circumstances? Thank you all for listening and for any advice.
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