Blue Jean Baby

Had 'closed surgery' on September 22nd. Breakdown: They put our little man under general anesthesia, injected dye into his hip sockets, clipped his groin muscle (ouch-gasp from all the men) and put him into a stylish body cast! Which is giving everyones lower backs a workout! However, they had trouble setting the bones into his hip socket, so technically his hips are 'docked' not set. They are sitting near but not in the joints, as the sockets were curved short instead of open to allow the bones into place.

We go back on October 22nd to repeat the procedure (hopefully sans clipped groin muscle) at which point he will be re-cast for another 6 weeks if they are able to set his hips into place. This is the scenario we are hoping for so please send positive energy, cross your fingers, pray or whatever you choose, towards our little mans hips going into place! Grady has been in his cast to date for 3 weeks, the first couple weeks were pretty rough, he was very unhappy. It has slowly gotten better, and he is smiling more and more and in the last few days started 'talking' to us in lovely coos. So adorable-life just keeps getting better and better!