Mackenzie’s Miracle

For those who don’t know, our daughter Mackenzie has congenital hip dysplasia. We caught it immediately because we knew to look for it; I had it, too. X-rays showed that her right hip socket was flat instead of cupped and the head of her femur was barely visible.

We agreed to try a brace (optimal positioning) starting last Christmas when she was 7 months old, the idea being that that by keeping the bones in place, they’d reshape themselves as they grew. Otherwise, it meant surgery. Like the k...