I’m at the hospital, still waiting to see her. But the doctor just came out and reviewed the results of the surgery.

The doctor ended up performing an open reduction plus pelvic osteotomy. It appears that the condition has been present since birth or shortly thereafter, since there was the tissue that normally wraps the hip joint had enfolded inside the socket (thus requiring opening her up to fix it). But of course, having been abandoned at two days old, she never had the pediatric care to detect and address the condition early on.

The tough news here is that they only operated on her left hip — for various reasons, by convention, they only perform open reductions on one side at a time.

The prognosis is good and the doctor is happy with the results. He expects that either he or his associate will perform surgery on the other hip within a few weeks.

I’m thankful that the surgery went smoothly. The doctor reported that there was little blood loss. Thanks for your prayers.

UPDATE (1:10pm): I’m now sitting in post-op recovery room with Emmie, waiting to be transferred to her room. When I walked in, her eyes were open but glazed over. The moment she saw me, though, she started to cry (I think this is good, actually). I managed to settle her down with a bottle of apple juice. Here’s a couple photos of our dear suffering little girl: