tbatt9
junior member
United States
Its been some time since I posted about my then 15 year old son and both his hip replacements. I thought I would take the opportunity to post here about his excellent recovery as a way to encourage others who like us agonized over the decision to have their kid go through all this. I'm not sure if I did it right but below I will try to post the link to a prior thread that I started that discussed his story in detail.
The bottom line is we are so very glad that we made the decision to proceed even at his age. The prognosis for him was grim without undergoing this as he likely would have had increased pain and immobility ending with him being wheelchair bound. But the thought of such a young kid having to have bilateral hip replacement was overwhelming. All the fears of complications and risks and the likely need for future revisions cost us tons of anxiety and uncertainty as to what to do.
But today I am so proud of my son and what he's accomplished. He has fully recovered and to watch him walk around and enjoy his senior year in high school has been such a blessing for us. He has now been accepted at the University of Florida (Go Gators!
) where he will be a college freshman in the Fall. The size of that campus would have proven extremely difficult for him to get around but for his successful surgeries.
For all you parents searching on line for answers I encourage you to listen to the people who post here as they were invaluable to us as we went through all this. Also don't listen to anyone who tells you your teen just has to wait and get older, and suffer for many more years before this surgery is indicated. That's old school thinking and would leave kids like mine to the fate of watching all their peers move on through the best years of their life while they sit on the sidelines in pain. That is not acceptable.
Good luck to all who find who find themselves dealing with these same issues for their kids. The truth is they too can be helped and God willing have great outcomes like our son.
#teenagehipreplacement
http://bonesmart.org/forum/threads/...t-hip-done-7-12-with-left-set-for-8-23.36889/
The bottom line is we are so very glad that we made the decision to proceed even at his age. The prognosis for him was grim without undergoing this as he likely would have had increased pain and immobility ending with him being wheelchair bound. But the thought of such a young kid having to have bilateral hip replacement was overwhelming. All the fears of complications and risks and the likely need for future revisions cost us tons of anxiety and uncertainty as to what to do.
But today I am so proud of my son and what he's accomplished. He has fully recovered and to watch him walk around and enjoy his senior year in high school has been such a blessing for us. He has now been accepted at the University of Florida (Go Gators!
) where he will be a college freshman in the Fall. The size of that campus would have proven extremely difficult for him to get around but for his successful surgeries.For all you parents searching on line for answers I encourage you to listen to the people who post here as they were invaluable to us as we went through all this. Also don't listen to anyone who tells you your teen just has to wait and get older, and suffer for many more years before this surgery is indicated. That's old school thinking and would leave kids like mine to the fate of watching all their peers move on through the best years of their life while they sit on the sidelines in pain. That is not acceptable.
Good luck to all who find who find themselves dealing with these same issues for their kids. The truth is they too can be helped and God willing have great outcomes like our son.
#teenagehipreplacement
http://bonesmart.org/forum/threads/...t-hip-done-7-12-with-left-set-for-8-23.36889/
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