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Your Journey Starts here
Your resource for beginning a journey with your spica baby
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Your website is amazing and lifesaving! Thank you so much for all of the work you put in.
Anna, Spica Mom
Our Mission
TO GIVE PARENTS BEGINNING LIFE WITH A Child IN A SPICA CAST THE TOOLS AND RESOURCES THEY NEED TO CONFIDENTLY CARE FOR THEIR Child, AND QUICKLY REDEFINE THEIR "NORMAL."
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Resources to help you through your journey.
FinD Encouragement
Our Spica Veterans Blog
The stories in this blog will uplift your spirits, give you advice, and help you keep the end of your spica journey in sight.
Read Londyn's Story
This is the story, week by week, of our daughter's 18 weeks in a spica cast. Experience the highs and lows of our journey, and gain insight into what spica life is like.
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Join the Community
You need support. Your family and friends will be key, but odds are they have not lived the spica life.
There is a strong community of other spica parents out there that want to help and answer your questions.
Connect Now
The fastest and most helpful community we have found is through the DDH - Hip Dysplasia - Children Facing Surgery or Spica Casts Group on Facebook. This thriving community of spica parents can answer questions more specific to your situation, offer encouragement, or simply share with you in your experiences common to spica life. Request the group Admins to become part of this private group.
Blogs
There are many awesome examples of blogs written by current and former spica parents, telling their stories and experiences. These are a great resource for unique tips, tricks, and insight. Here are some of our favorites:
2. Baseballs, Butterflies, & Blessings
3. Donna Jayne
Other Resources
There are several other great resources we have found that provide info on hip dysplasia and spica casts. Here are some of the best we have found:
1. International Hip Dysplasia Institute
3. DDH UK
4. Cast Life, by Natalie Trice
4. 101 Things to Do With a Child in a Spica Cast, by IvyRose Spica Chairs