LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – Lainey Wagner walks the halls of Liberty High School with her classmates, but her path to get there included five surgeries and years of pain. Now the teenager has written a book to help others facing the same diagnosis.
Wagner wrote “Hip Hip Hooray” to explain hip dysplasia, a condition where the bones in the hip joint don’t fit together properly. She was diagnosed in sixth grade.
“We think I’ve had it since I was born but we didn’t catch it until I was in the sixth grade,” Wagner said. “My hip was basically dislocated. And very painful.”
Understanding the condition…