Dd2, who is 5 and a half, has had a hip condition known as Perthe's Disease since March last year - so about 18 months.
It means her right hip bone totally lost all its minerals - so pretty much went back to being soft cartilage, and has been re-growing for about a year.
This has meant her being off her feet as much as possible - no running, jumping, hopping, skipping, trampolines, PE at school, etc.... She can walk for 5 minutes at a time, but most places we go she is in her Major Buggy and has a wheelchair at school.
There have been benefits - mainly in swimming, as she can swim 20 lengths in one go and dive in - even off a springboard! - so I am proud of what the hip problem has forced her to achieve in other areas and want to keep that up!
Anyway .... tomorrow should be her final appointment. If all is well, then her hip bone should have regrown, and she will be allowed to do everything she hasn't been able to do.
If it hasn't (no reason why not, but it doesn't happen for 10% of kids) then we are looking at surgery, 6 weeks in plaster, early hip replacement, possibly in her 30's or 40's, possible trouble giving birth - it goes on and on!
1.40pm tomorrow! I am freaking a little - I want it all to be OK!