need info on foot surgery

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hello,

My son Rob is going to have foot reconstructive surgery the first of

November because of how badly it is drawing up. We are a bit nervous

about it because the orthopedic thinks his foot is this bad because he

is tethered again, but all his urodynamic testing came back very good.

He had an MRI but as usual he always looks tethered so the NS thinks

he would be having more symptoms (back pain, leg pain, more uro

problems)if he were tethered. He is only 13 and we are concerned that

if we do this surgery now that the foot will go back as it is now

because he still has so much growing to do. He had one foot surgery

when he was 7 and the foot went back, but it was not as extensive as

what the orthopedic wants to do now. Has anyone else gone through

anything similar? We would so appreciate any info.

Thanks, Barb R.