Anyone has kids that have had to get hip surgery at 4 years old?

My daughter saw the pediatric orthopedist yesterday, and he said that she'll most likely have to have surgery to have her hips turn the right way, she is very in-toed, which we were told by a seperate orthopedist was just her feet. He said put her shoes on the wrong feet for a few years, it should straighten out. That was 3 years ago, and she still hasn't straightened out, so we took her to the specialist. He said they will cut her hip bones, dial them to the correct degree(they are turned in quite a bit) and then place plates and screws in to keep them in that position, and she will have to be in a cast for 4-6 weeks, as well as bed ridden for at least 8 weeks after the surgery to keep weight off her hips, have to pretty much learn to walk again, and go through extensive PT to get her to a point where she should be able to walk and run without tripping. Anyone else had to deal with this before?