Saw Dr. P today..

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Hello everyone,

I am exhausted from a whirlwind trip from North Carolina to Iowa and

back all in one day, but wanted to post an update about . She

got to see Dr. Ponseti today for a checkup at 12 months old, and we

are delighted with the report.. He is satisfied with her foot and no

longer " mistrusts " it. He said everything is in the position it

should be in, and likes the way her foot easily swings out. It

straightens out nicely when she walks (with support). She's not too

overcorrected or undercorrected, and the length of her heel cord is

OK. She needs to keep wearing the brace the way she has been (14

hours or so a day, during night and naps). He thinks her chances for

needing a tendon transfer when she's older now are " slim " ! Her calf

is about 1 - 1 1/2 cm smaller in circumference, which he said is not

out of the ordinary. While we were there, we got a new pair of shoes

two sizes larger (3N) to put on the bar when she grows out of what

she has. (It's the new kind, with the floating tongue.) She doesn't

need to be seen again for 8 months.

As a reminder and to those of you who don't know.. switched to

the Ponseti method at 3 months of age when she was heading toward

surgery. After a few of Dr. Ponseti's casts, her foot was fixed.

Dr. P looked great.. as always wonderful to spend time with him. He

mentioned that there's is a family from Venezuela in Iowa City now

for treatment.

M: I didn't get in touch with you because of my short

turnaraound time in Iowa. It was definitely my quickest trip! So nice

to see Iowa in summer instead.. the lush green fields and blue

skies were a big change from my trips last winter. Sorry we couldn't

get together.

Hope everyone is well.

and (the new 1-year-old, who made her presence known on

the airplanes this time)