I'm a mother of a child with limb length discrepency and as I'm researching this topic came across this forum. 

First I want to thank you all for sharing your journey. It takes a lot of guts to be so honest and I am so grateful for your openness.

Because I don't want to go into this procedure blind or wearing rose colored glasses I am looking for the good, the bad and the ugly and am trying to decide which doctor and what procedure/nail would be best for my daughter. Since she is still growing and her short legs growth plates are nearly fused while her long legs plates are not we have 12-18 months before we can schedule surgery and I'm attempting to gather all the data I need to go in to this procedure with the most successful outcome.

So far we've visited two orthopedic surgeons and one doctor has measured a 4.2cm discrepancy and the other a 3.2 cm discrepancy both using their own x-rays/techs. One doctor sees primarily adult patients and the other works pediatric cases. Both doctors are located in Denver, CO and both do the precice nail procedure which is what I think we will end up doing.

So far, I've read Unicorns tragic journal and I truly hope that it all works out for her in the end and I've read penguins journal and his story has made me feel a lot more confident going the path of precice nail and I've begun reading/skipping around doingitformyself (I think) journal and have concluded there is a big risk of the bones not completing the healing process.

Here's my questions.

Would you do it again if you knew what your outcome would be?

What resources would you present to a friend considering these procedures.

If wearing a lift solved your issues with height or limb length discrepancy would you choose that instead of lengthening surgery?

I want to do what is best for my daughter and hope that you are willing to share with me your thoughts.

Thank you

Edit: I should clarify that it is her femur that has a discrepancy.

P.S. there are some stretching techniques that might help with some of the muscular complications I'm reading about called proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation.