Support for Baby Evelyn King's Hip Surgeries
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Hello everyone, my name is Joseph King and I am asking for your help. My brother, Jonathan, and his wife, Campbell, are going to need us all to stand by them while they care for their baby daughter, Evelyn, after heartbreaking surgeries for hip dysplasia. This will be mentally, physically, and spiritually exhausting for them, so I am wanting to take the financial stressor off of their plate so that they can focus on being there for their little girl. The money raised will go towards numerous items and services such as:
- Cost of surgery
- Medical brace for rehabilitation
- Special clothing that will fit over the cast and brace
- Hotel stays for the surgery
- Diapers, car seat, stroller
- Loss of wages for Jonathan to be at home
- Loss of wages for my mother, Lawrene, as she plans to take extensive time off
- Meals
- House cleaning
I asked Campbell to share, from her perspective, the back story and the details of the future. These are her words:
"On October 20 Evelyn will begin treatment for hip dysplasia. If everything goes according to plan this will consist of 3 minimal/noninvasive surgeries, two armpit to ankle spica casts and one rhino brace. We appreciate all of your prayers and support as we venture into this season. It’s not what we hoped for but we know she’s going to be just fine! She’s our wiggle worm and milestone overachiever so we know she will bounce back from this quickly. "
The backstory:
"At 36 weeks gestation we found out Evelyn was breech. She was born at 38 weeks via C-section and in the hospital they suspected she had some variation of hip dysplasia.
At 2 months old she had her first ultrasound and was diagnosed with bi-lateral hip dysplasia type 2 (both hips are completely dislocated). We found a phenomenal pediatric orthopedic specialist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and went to our first appointment. Dr. O gave us more detail on Evelyn’s condition and was hopeful that the most basic form of treatment, a Pavlik Harness, would correct the issues.
After 3 weeks we went back for another ultrasound to see what improvements had been made. Unfortunately, the Pavlik harness was not doing what we had hoped. There was no improvement.
At that appointment she was put into a Rhino brace, a little bit of a more aggressive approach. Dr. O was hopeful that the Rhino would do the trick. After another 3 weeks we went back for an X-Ray and unfortunately her left hip showed minimal improvement and her right none at all. Because she was still so little the doctor decided to give her another 3 weeks in the brace to see if *maybe* she was just a slow responder needed a little extra time.
We went back 3 weeks later and there was no improvement. At that appointment we were told the next step is the series of surgeries and spica casting.
The first surgery will be minimally invasive, they will put Evelyn under so that they can place her hips in the sockets and then cast her to hold everything where it needs to be. If the doctor finds that the ligaments are too tight to accomplish this she will have to make a tiny incision to cut them.
She will be in the cast for 6-8 weeks and have a another minimally-noninvasive procedure followed by another 6-8 weeks of casting and a final procedure somewhere around her 1st birthday. After that, if everything has taken, she will be put into a rhino brace until the doctor feels everything is stabilized.
The surgeries will be the least difficult part of all of this. The casting is what is going to be hardest for Evelyn, Jonathan and myself. We are putting together tools, resources and lists of items we will need in order to best care for Evelyn and make this easiest we can on her and ourselves."
- Campbell
This is going to take a village, and my family has always been blessed to have a small army who lifted us up when we couldn't do so ourselves. Thank you for taking the time to read Evelyn's story. If you are willing, and able, to contribute, I thank you for your generosity. Love you all.
-Joseph
- Cost of surgery
- Medical brace for rehabilitation
- Special clothing that will fit over the cast and brace
- Hotel stays for the surgery
- Diapers, car seat, stroller
- Loss of wages for Jonathan to be at home
- Loss of wages for my mother, Lawrene, as she plans to take extensive time off
- Meals
- House cleaning
I asked Campbell to share, from her perspective, the back story and the details of the future. These are her words:
"On October 20 Evelyn will begin treatment for hip dysplasia. If everything goes according to plan this will consist of 3 minimal/noninvasive surgeries, two armpit to ankle spica casts and one rhino brace. We appreciate all of your prayers and support as we venture into this season. It’s not what we hoped for but we know she’s going to be just fine! She’s our wiggle worm and milestone overachiever so we know she will bounce back from this quickly. "
The backstory:
"At 36 weeks gestation we found out Evelyn was breech. She was born at 38 weeks via C-section and in the hospital they suspected she had some variation of hip dysplasia.
At 2 months old she had her first ultrasound and was diagnosed with bi-lateral hip dysplasia type 2 (both hips are completely dislocated). We found a phenomenal pediatric orthopedic specialist at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and went to our first appointment. Dr. O gave us more detail on Evelyn’s condition and was hopeful that the most basic form of treatment, a Pavlik Harness, would correct the issues.
After 3 weeks we went back for another ultrasound to see what improvements had been made. Unfortunately, the Pavlik harness was not doing what we had hoped. There was no improvement.
At that appointment she was put into a Rhino brace, a little bit of a more aggressive approach. Dr. O was hopeful that the Rhino would do the trick. After another 3 weeks we went back for an X-Ray and unfortunately her left hip showed minimal improvement and her right none at all. Because she was still so little the doctor decided to give her another 3 weeks in the brace to see if *maybe* she was just a slow responder needed a little extra time.
We went back 3 weeks later and there was no improvement. At that appointment we were told the next step is the series of surgeries and spica casting.
The first surgery will be minimally invasive, they will put Evelyn under so that they can place her hips in the sockets and then cast her to hold everything where it needs to be. If the doctor finds that the ligaments are too tight to accomplish this she will have to make a tiny incision to cut them.
She will be in the cast for 6-8 weeks and have a another minimally-noninvasive procedure followed by another 6-8 weeks of casting and a final procedure somewhere around her 1st birthday. After that, if everything has taken, she will be put into a rhino brace until the doctor feels everything is stabilized.
The surgeries will be the least difficult part of all of this. The casting is what is going to be hardest for Evelyn, Jonathan and myself. We are putting together tools, resources and lists of items we will need in order to best care for Evelyn and make this easiest we can on her and ourselves."
- Campbell
This is going to take a village, and my family has always been blessed to have a small army who lifted us up when we couldn't do so ourselves. Thank you for taking the time to read Evelyn's story. If you are willing, and able, to contribute, I thank you for your generosity. Love you all.
-Joseph
Organizer and beneficiary
Joseph King
Organizer
Albuquerque, NM
Jonathan King
Beneficiary