Andrew was only 8 when Perthes disease, a rare childhood hip disorder, changed everything. One day, he was playing baseball, and the next, he couldn’t walk.
“There were days he would come home from school, and he was in so much pain he would go lay down in his bed for the rest of the day,” says Megan, Andrew’s mother. “We knew something was wrong.”
With no clear answers, the Barrs consulted multiple specialists and advocated for a perfusion MRI. Unable to get one done in their hometown, they flew from Oregon to Dallas to Scottish Rite for Children where pediatric orthopedic surgeon and Director of the Center for Excellence in Hip Harry Kim, M.D., M.S., treated Andrew.
After a successful surgery and two years of physical therapy sessions, Andrew was cleared to walk.
“It’s so amazing to see him do something that he loves again,” Megan says.
