At 8 years old, Utica native Reese Carney has accomplished what most adults haven’t – she has published her first book, called “Reese’s Fantastic Surgery Adventure.”
Reese wrote the book after she was diagnosed with coxa vara, a hip deformity in which her femoral head didn’t develop correctly. It should have been at a 45-degree angle, and hers was developing at 90 degrees, said her father, Patrick Carney.
“What happened over time is her leg was shorter than the other,” he said. “You don’t notice when they are first born, and when you do research around 6, it usually shows up.”
