Marit has imperfect hips

My sweet baby Marit was born with hip dysplasia, which means the socket did not form correctly and they easily are dislocated. She has worn a brace or harness for 18-24 hrs/day since she was 4 months old. Our kind orthopedic surgeon initially told us that we would need to treat her until she is 1 yr, which she will be Monday. Today we had her 1 yr appointment with him and another x-ray and our hopes were dashed. We thought at best she would be completely done with braces, at worst she would need surgery. We tried not to have our hopes raised too high because we did not want to be disappointed, but we were anyway. He said there was not much change from the last x-ray 3 months ago and that she would need to stay in the brace and even transition into a walking brace soon (which sounds terrible!). He could give us no time frame as to when he expected it to be over, which is super hard for us. We have been told that it could be worse and we know that, but we are just trying to cope with our current situation. She may have to have surgery yet and that will be another challenge. We are so tired of answering the questions of rude strangers about "what's wrong with her" or "what that thing is for" or "why she isn't walking yet." We are tired of saying "we don't know" when we are asked how much longer she will have to wear it. We are tired of dressing her in leggings (so she doesn't get blisters) underneath the plastic brace when it is 100 degrees outside. Please pray for our hearts to be content as we struggle with this news we received today. Here are some pictures to document this journey.