I'm so worried about my little girl

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Have posted this in children's health but am hoping for a bit more traffic.

She has been poorly for about a month now. First it was viral tonsilitis, and then she had irritable hip. This took ages to improve - she was on nurofen for about three weeks solid. Last Friday we were referred to paeds who took bloods which were clear, studied her gait which appeared to have improved, and gave us the all-clear.

This week she has still been up and down - much happier, but definitely still favouring one leg. We've just had a call from nursery who reported that she was walking very oddly - sort of thrusting one leg out to the side. Obviously we knew about this and we've just requested a callback from the GP. We were going to take her tomorrow anyway.

She's only 14months so it's very hard to know what the matter is but I just feel that this can't still be irritable hip. I don't think she's in pain any more, so why is she walking so badly?

Please, please can someone help? I'm not handling this well at all and starting to imagine all kinds of things

I have no advice just didn't want to read and run

Hope all is ok

Take her to GP as planned and see what they say. If still no joy take her to a cranial osteopath.

Could it be that she is still remembering the pain and is walking like this because that was the most comfortable way for her to walk while suffering from the irritable hip? Can you distract her by playing a game e.g. and see how she moves then?

I work in a GP surgery and just discussed her with one of our docs, who was an orthopaedic registrar in another life. He sounded puzzled, and figured that we would probably have to get her referred and x-rayed tomorrow and possibly more bloods. But, he did say it was most probably still the irritable hip and as you say LastingLight, it's quite possible that her own apprehension is a factor in it all now.

I have tried to distract her. TBH I can't say I've noticed much difference in how she walks, although perhaps it is marginally better when her focus is elsewhere.

Thank you for your messages. I just want some answers now, fingers crossed for tomorrow.