Re: Blisters

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Kelli,

Funny, but I hear the same thing from my hubby about holding . I

agree that these kids will be very strong. I was frustrated at first because

he seems so strong-willed...but now that I see what he's having to go

through, it's a blessing. He is truly a gift from God in every way...and I'm

reminded more and more to treasure every moment!

In Him,

Kim, wife to

mother to Kaelyn, Chandler, Corey, and

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Dear Kim,

I am sorry to hear that has a blister - darn it! It seem to be a

common problem. I had Eiza in really thick socks and I switched to an in

between sock- baby gap's infant socks have worked the best for her - her feet

are still really tiny.

We put neosporin on the sore and then gauze etc.. I would just check it every

night. We would give her a bath to soak off the bandage and then let her

kick around and air it out for an hour or so. I attached a picture of what

Eiza's blister looked like. We e-mailed it to Dr. Ponseti when it happened.

It might give you something to compare to.

Keep me updated on 's blister - it should get better soon!

Take Care

Becky and Eizabella (10-1-99)

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Becky,

That's exactly like what 's blister looks like! Thanks for

sending the picture for reference. We gave him a bath, put hydrogen

peroxide, neosporin and a bandaid on it last night. I was thinking of taking

his brace off an hour in the morning and an hour at night until this heals

up. I didn't get to do that this morning, though, because I had a Bible

study...but I did talk to a nurse there that said that the keeping the

neosporin on it would help. He's doing much better today. He was real

cranky yesterday, I'm assuming because of his foot...but he's in a much

better mood today.

In Him,

Kim, wife to

mother to Kaelyn, Chandler, Corey, and

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and ,

I'm so sorry to hear about 's blisters. r had one on his heel for

about 4 weeks. He never had any on his toes. I ended up calling the doctor

to see what to do. You may want to do this also. You feel so badly when

your baby is in pain and it takes you a day to figure out why they're crying

so much. Anyway, I put hydrogren peroxide on the blister and then put a

bandaid on it treated with neo-sporin with pain releiver. We changed the

bandaid every day to day and a half. It took 4 weeks to get completely

healed, but r's blister was the size of a pea and really oozy - yuck!!

I wish you the best. Hopefully 's blisters will go away quickly. A

little infant tylenol every so often helps too.

Have a Joyous Day!

Kelli

mother of Kayli, Kaleb, Kinsey and r

Blisters

> We are experiencing our first blisters from the shoes and need some

> advice. First, some background.

>

> began wearing his shoes only during naps/night about a month

> ago. The first two weeks were relatively normal and he got along

> fine. Then he began to consistently kick off his shoes during his

> nap or during the night. We were tying/strapping the shoes on as

> tight as possible. Again, no blisters, but he would not keep his

> shoes on.

>

> Then, this past weekend, we decided to put his shoes on without any

> socks on the theory that it would be more difficult to kick his shoes

> off. It worked; he has not kicked off his shoes since we made this

> change. However, he cried again last night for around an hour and

> today we discovered he had several small blisters on his left

> smallest toe. This toe has always been sort of crammed under the

> others in his shoe because 's feet are pretty wide (he is a big

> boy -- over 20 pounds at 5 months).

>

> We are not sure how to treat these blisters. He may need bigger

> shoes. We don't know. Please write back with similar blister

> treatments or when your kids went up in shoe size. Any comments

> would be appreciated.

>

> and D.

>

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Driggers

At about 2 months into the 24/7 use of the DBB, developed a

round raised welt a little smaller than a dime on the top part of his

foot about where the strap crosses.

If the past, when I have gotten blisters on my feet from playing

basketball, etc, I have often used surgical tape to wrap around my

toes so I could play during the next week or so while it healed.

Otherwise it hurt too much to try running with blisters.

I went down to the store and got some Dr. Shoals corn pad or bunion

pad that had a hole cut in the middle. We stuck it over the raised

welt to give some padding around it while reducing the pressure on

the

sore. We continued the use of the DBB and within about a week it was

pretty well healed.

> We are experiencing our first blisters from the shoes and need

some

> advice. First, some background.

>

> began wearing his shoes only during naps/night about a month

> ago. The first two weeks were relatively normal and he got along

> fine. Then he began to consistently kick off his shoes during his

> nap or during the night. We were tying/strapping the shoes on as

> tight as possible. Again, no blisters, but he would not keep his

> shoes on.

>

> Then, this past weekend, we decided to put his shoes on without any

> socks on the theory that it would be more difficult to kick his

shoes

> off. It worked; he has not kicked off his shoes since we made this

> change. However, he cried again last night for around an hour and

> today we discovered he had several small blisters on his left

> smallest toe. This toe has always been sort of crammed under the

> others in his shoe because 's feet are pretty wide (he is a

big

> boy -- over 20 pounds at 5 months).

>

> We are not sure how to treat these blisters. He may need bigger

> shoes. We don't know. Please write back with similar blister

> treatments or when your kids went up in shoe size. Any comments

> would be appreciated.

>

> and D.

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I'm really surprised to hear he is able to kick the db's off even with them

laced and buckled. That makes me wonder if you are getting the heel seated

as deeply into the shoe as it needs to be. Not seating the heel was a

problem when my son was in AFO's early on, but since they were made of a

clear material, I could see it and correct it. With the db's using a

plastic device (what are those things???) for slipping on dress shoes at the

heel works pretty good, Wal-Mart didnt' sell them but had a supply hidden

back they would give away free if you ask for one...I asked for 4! LOL! --

(they are used to me coming in there for strange foot wear requests by now)

as does making sure the leg is bent at the knee and the foot flat on the

floor as you buckle up the db.

Providing you have the foot seated in the heel area -- kicking off the brace

sounds like a problem you need to bring up with your doctor because

something isn't fitting right (possibly) and if not fitting, it's not

workign right, either.

's blister ended up needing oral antibiotics to heal and it's still

present, but no longer infected. It's been present on his heel for over a

month and threatenes to flair up on occation. I have lined the heel of the

db first with mole skin, and on top of the mole skin, I cut pieces of

padding that form a convace area, holding the foot slightly away from the

back of the shoe which gives the blister area a little free space (so it's

not directly in contact with the back of the shoe). This has made the most

difference in 's lack of reoccurance regarding blisters on teh heel,

but he continues to get swollen big toes. He too is large and has fat feet.

The only other suggestion I just now thought of is I wonder what would

happen if you used socks that have a no-slip sole on them -- that little

rubber stuff painted on teh bottom of the sock? so they couldnt' slip out as

easily, but again I don't think it's normal for the foot to sllip otu to

begin with. would have to break his feet to get these dudes off...they

just don't slip!

Just make sure the blisters do not get infected! had to go barefooted

for a week while his healed up -- that meant no db's either....

s.

Blisters

> We are experiencing our first blisters from the shoes and need some

> advice. First, some background.

>

> began wearing his shoes only during naps/night about a month

> ago. The first two weeks were relatively normal and he got along

> fine. Then he began to consistently kick off his shoes during his

> nap or during the night. We were tying/strapping the shoes on as

> tight as possible. Again, no blisters, but he would not keep his

> shoes on.

>

> Then, this past weekend, we decided to put his shoes on without any

> socks on the theory that it would be more difficult to kick his shoes

> off. It worked; he has not kicked off his shoes since we made this

> change. However, he cried again last night for around an hour and

> today we discovered he had several small blisters on his left

> smallest toe. This toe has always been sort of crammed under the

> others in his shoe because 's feet are pretty wide (he is a big

> boy -- over 20 pounds at 5 months).

>

> We are not sure how to treat these blisters. He may need bigger

> shoes. We don't know. Please write back with similar blister

> treatments or when your kids went up in shoe size. Any comments

> would be appreciated.

>

> and D.

>

>

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,

Do 's feet seem to stick out the end of his shoes??? That

is the best way I know to suggest getting bigger shoes. Jakob went

through 2 pairs the first year he had the brace. He has had 4 pair

of shoes total on his brace and they start out quite large.

You say that he started wearing the shoes only during naps/ night about

a month ago. Before this, did he wear them full time (23-24 hours)??

If he wore the brace all the time, did he kick it off then or is this something

that has started with the shorter time?

Personally, I would not suggest putting the shoes on without socks.

I am not saying this is wrong, but we were told to always use socks.

Maybe you could try some different socks (thicker or thinner depending

on what you start with).

As for the blisters, if you can get some moleskin (maybe ask a localorthotics

place). Place the moleskin with the sticky side in the shoe where

his toes are. Do his toes seem to be crammed because the shoes aren't

wide enough? I know Jakob's smallest 2 toes on both feet tend to

curl in and under toward the center (I hope this makes sense). I

try to make sure his feet are flat (including the toes as much as possible)

in the shoes before tying and lacing them up.

" Driggers, Jr." wrote:

We are experiencing our first blisters from the

shoes and need some

advice. First, some background.

began wearing his shoes only during naps/night about a month

ago. The first two weeks were relatively normal and he got

along

fine. Then he began to consistently kick off his shoes during

his

nap or during the night. We were tying/strapping the shoes

on as

tight as possible. Again, no blisters, but he would not keep

his

shoes on.

Then, this past weekend, we decided to put his shoes on without

any

socks on the theory that it would be more difficult to kick his

shoes

off. It worked; he has not kicked off his shoes since we

made this

change. However, he cried again last night for around an

hour and

today we discovered he had several small blisters on his left

smallest toe. This toe has always been sort of crammed under

the

others in his shoe because 's feet are pretty wide (he is

a big

boy -- over 20 pounds at 5 months).

We are not sure how to treat these blisters. He may need bigger

shoes. We don't know. Please write back with similar

blister

treatments or when your kids went up in shoe size. Any comments

would be appreciated.

and D.