Posted by sarah on January 19, 2004 at 02:06:27:
hi my friend is a youn mother of 2 and her eldest jake age 3 almost 4 has just been diagnosed with perethes she discribed to me that her sons hip ball joint has faded away to half the size it should be and that he will have to get an operation..
she naturally is devstated..mainly because of his interest shown in sports already and how much he loves to participate in any play sport even at his young age..she is unsure of the future that this disease will bring for her son and i would love to give her some feed back on what is to come of this and what are the long term effects.
she is soon to get a computer for herself and i think a support group of some kind would really be good for her..so if you could help out with any info on the disease and support groups it would be great
thanbk for your time.....sarah.