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24.06.2023 - 08:19 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Every day, Rakayah Chadwick wakes up to her daughter Lilly screaming. While this may sound like a normal morning to anyone with a small child, that couldn’t be further than the truth.
That’s because Lilly doesn’t stop screaming. A painful condition means her hips are dislocated constantly – leaving her in agony at all times.
“I’m stressed,” Rakayah, 25, told the Manchester Evening News. “I break down a lot of the time when I look at her. We’re the ones at home listening to her scream every day.”
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Lilly Barry was born with developmental dysplasia of the hip, known as DHH, a condition where the ball and socket hip joint fail to develop normally.
If left untreated, DDH can lead to pain in the hip and the development of osteoarthritis – making it vital to detect the condition early.
Rakayah and her partner, Andrew, claim 15-month-old Lilly was supposed to have an operation to put her hips back in place in December 2022. They say she needs the procedure before she reaches 18 months to avoid joint problems in adulthood.
But they claim the operation has been pushed back on multiple occasions – and with only three months left, Rakayah and Andrew fear they are rapidly running out of time.
“We’ve got until the end of September to have the operation because her bones will change and leave her permanently disabled,” Rakayah, who is from Denton but now lives in Rishton, Lancashire, said.
“She’s at the age now where she’s showing her anger. She wants to be put on the floor but as soon as you put her down, she screams. She’s trying her best to learn how to crawl. It’s horrible.”
While Lilly’s condition can sometimes be treated wearing a fabric splint called a
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