Posted by Jennifer Reichert on April 06, 2004 at 16:19:00:
In Reply to: Daughter with Perthes age 10 posted by Judy Bruce on March 16, 2004 at 12:24:10:
Hi Judy and others. My son, age 8, was just diagnosed today with Perthes in his right hip. The orthopaedist who diagnosed him doesn't specialize in pediatrics so he couldn't give us much more than the diagnosis. Ironically, the sister of a boy on my sons' baseball team was also diagnosed today. I was planning to followup with a doctor at Johns Hopkins. The other family went to Dr. Delahay at Georgetown. He also gave them the "wait and see" treatment plan. I would love to get updates on how others' treatment plans are going. I'm in Calvert County. It's pretty scary to read up on this on the internet because you find out lots of things you don't want to know. I'm trying to keep a realistic perspective so I don't drive myself crazy. Have you decided to go with the "wait and see?"
Thanks...Jennifer