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	<title>Spica Casts</title>
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	<description>Information and Support Group for Parents Who Have Children with Hip Problems</description>
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		<title>Lilie&#8217;s Cast Removal</title>
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On January 13,2010, Lilie got to have her cast off. She was in her cast for a total of 10 weeks. She made enough progress during the 10 weeks that her doctor felt that she did not have to stay in it for a full 12 like her sister. She was put into a hip [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spicacasts.com/news/lilies-cast-removal/</link>
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		<title>Spica Cast Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Well, we finally got Lilie in for her cast change and actually received better news than we had expected. Originally, we thought we would be waiting until about February to get her cast totally off and changed to a brace. However, the doctor scheduled January 13th as the big day for getting her last [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spicacasts.com/news/spica-cast-change-2/</link>
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		<title>How to Get Prepared for Your Child in a Spica Cast</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry, I know this is pretty lengthy. Unfortunately, we felt like when we were writing this that none of these things could be left out because they are all so important. We hope it is very informative, none the less.
What to Bring To the Hospital
I would not worry about bringing too much to the hospital [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We Had a Better Experience This Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last time we had to go through with surgery on Natalie we had a pretty hard time. Natalie was constantly waking up and would cry every 5 minutes (no exaggeration). They would give her pain medication and would tell us that it could just be an affect of the anesthesia. We didn&#8217;t really think much [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spicacasts.com/tips-and-tricks/we-had-a-better-experience-this-time/</link>
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		<title>Things are looking down!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, right after we had some relatively good news it was torn down this week with news that Lilie&#8217;s hip still isn&#8217;t looking quite right. My wife saw the x-rays and said that even she could see a difference in her right and her left. The doctor may think that she just has a ligament [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spicacasts.com/news/things-are-looking-down/</link>
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		<title>Things are Looking Up!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately Lilie is still in a brace like Natalie was when she got her spica cast off. However, the good news is that we think her hip is in place. The primary purpose of the brace is simply to give the muscles around the hip time to heal up and strengthen so that her hip [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spicacasts.com/news/things-are-looking-up/</link>
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		<title>Pavlik Harness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lilie had more x-rays at her appointment with the orthopedic doctor on Wednesday. She does have a dislocated hip. The doctor placed her in a pavlik harness for six weeks. Every two weeks we will return to the doctors for more x-rays and the harness will be tightened. 
We were instructed that for the first [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spicacasts.com/uncategorized/pavlik-harness/</link>
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		<title>The Journey Continues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lilie is now two months old. She is growing like crazy. She now weighs 12.4 pounds. She had her two month check up today and we got some news that we really did not want to hear. She possibly has a dislocated hip like her older sister Natalie. 
I have noticed that as she was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spicacasts.com/uncategorized/the-journey-continues/</link>
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		<title>Lily Will Be Arriving Soon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This has been an absolutely crazy week. First off, Sheena (my wife) is about to have our third child. It is going to be another girl. So here recently we have been doing a lot of cleaning around the house to get ready for her to come home. I just imagine that Sheena will have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spicacasts.com/uncategorized/lily-will-be-arriving-soon/</link>
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		<title>Natalie&#8217;s Hip Held Up While Hunting Easter Eggs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We had an excellent Easter this year. I ended up being exhausted, but Natalie and Danielle both did quite well. The girls got to hunt Easter eggs three times! Not only that, but it seemed that there were plenty of eggs each time. It started out Saturday where we went to their grandparent’s house. They [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.spicacasts.com/news/natalies-hip-held-up-while-hunting-easter-eggs/</link>
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