Re: We're going to Dr. Ponseti!

[Guest guest]

Dear Suzanne, & Sam

Hi! My name is Becky and my husband and our daughter Eizabella

traveled to Iowa City last year in December and stayed through the month. We

stayed at the Mc House. It was a wonderful experience. The

house was a wonderful and warm place to stay through the treatment. We felt

very fortunate to have been able to stay there. We called a few days ahead

of time to see what the availability was - but, you just have to chance it

and show up. If the house is full, they will give you a voucher for a

discounted rate at the local Clarion hotel. They will place you on a waiting

list and you can check in each day from the hotel to see if there is an

opening. Will you be traveling back and fourth or are planning to stay in

Iowa for the duration of the casting? If I rememember, with the voucher, the

Clarion is around $40 a night. If you would like - please e-mail me directly

and I can help you with planning your trip to Iowa - badcratr@....

Talk to you soon.

Becky

[Guest guest]

SME456@... wrote:

> Here we've

> done this for almost five months and we might be done in a few weeks

> with Dr. Ponseti. I hope that I am not setting my hopes to high with

> this man. I guess I will just have to wait and see.

Yes, your son will almost certainly be absolutely be done in just a few

weeks. It really is amazing the difference you'll see in just a couple

of castings.

> My question is for all of you who have gone to Iowa City. Do you

> reccomend and particular hotel there? Dr. P's office gave me a few

> in the area. Do all of them give hospital discounts? Do some give

> better discounts than others? I really don't care where I stay as

> long as it's safe and clean.

Sara and I have pretty much always stayed at the Heartland Inn

. Sara has also stayed at the Clarion, but Heartland Inn

has a better breakfast buffet :-) Both of these have a free hospital

shuttle. We've paid $50/night at both places. Be sure to ask for the

hospital rate.

There's also a Mc house near the hospital.

http://www.uihealthcare.com/PatientsVisitors/Mc/index.html

Masoner

[Guest guest]

Suzanne, & Sam,

I'm so glad that you are going to see Doctor Ponseti. Our prayers

will be with you. I know that if anyone can fix Sam's foot quickly

and gently, it's Dr. P. I've seen it firsthand! =) You will love

the man!! I don't know if you were given good directions as far as

the hospital is concerned, but when I called, they forgot to tell me

that they were in the Pappajohn Pavillion, so I'm telling you now in

case they didn't tell you either. I stayed at the Fairfield Inn when

I went, I should have researched the rates at the other hotels...I

think the Fairfield was $57 with the hospital rate. It was clean and

comfortable, and I had plenty of room to set up 's portable

playpen.

If you have any questions, email me! Good luck, and travel safely!

How about those stinky Packers?!?! =)

& 3-16-00

> Hello again everyone,

>

> Today, took the morning off of work so that he could see

Sam's

> foot when I took off the cast for his appointment. He could

finally

> see why I was in tears two weeks ago when I saw Sam's foot for the

> first time after his surgery. was very frustrated and

> disappointed too. Our appointment with the doctor today only

> worsened the situation. He was talking about another heel cord

> tendectomy and when we started asking him deeper questions, he all

> but scambled to run out of the room. When we asked him when he

> thought that Sam would be out of casts, he said that next

appointment

> we could look into an orthotics brace (I'm assuming he meant an

AFO)

> if that would be more " convenient " for us. That almost blew me

> over! I told him that this had nothing to do with our convenience,

> only Sam's wellbeing.

>

> When we left, told me to call Dr. Ponseti. I did and we

will

> see him on Wednesday. I am going to FL at the end of this month

and

> aksed Dr. Ponseti if I should wait until we get back to start

> treatment. He told me that if we start now, Sam would most likely

be

> done before I leave! WOW! Wouldn't that be awesome! Here we've

> done this for almost five months and we might be done in a few

weeks

> with Dr. Ponseti. I hope that I am not setting my hopes to high

with

> this man. I guess I will just have to wait and see.

>

> My question is for all of you who have gone to Iowa City. Do you

> reccomend and particular hotel there? Dr. P's office gave me a few

> in the area. Do all of them give hospital discounts? Do some give

> better discounts than others? I really don't care where I stay as

> long as it's safe and clean. Just looking for your advice.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Suzanne, and Sam Holton

[Guest guest]

Trevillian wrote:

> How about those stinky Packers?!?! =)

If you want stink, look at the Chicago Bears. They were skunked

yesterday 41-0. P-U.

Masoner

Champaign Illinois USA

[Guest guest]

Masoner wrote:

> Trevillian wrote:

> > How about those stinky Packers?!?! =)

>

>

> If you want stink, look at the Chicago Bears. They were skunked

> yesterday 41-0. P-U.

>

Yeah, but the Bears are SUPPOSED to lose

[Guest guest]

Suzanne,

Check into the Mc house...they will get you a discounted

room at the Clarion if they don't have an opening.

Also, where in FL will you be? We live in Ocala, and if you're close

enough it would be cool to meet up...

In Him,

Kim, wife to

mother to Kaelyn, Chandler, Corey, and

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=254581 & a=1892774

[Guest guest]

HI Suzanne:

You definitely will not be disappointed with Dr. Ponseti. We have just

arrived home from Iowa and it was the best thing we did for our son .

Dr. Ponseti is a wonderful person not only a great Dr.

We stayed at the Best Western Canterbury Inn. It was the only place that

gave us a good deal on a suite. We also have a three year old so we wanted a

2 room hotel room so she could have a place to play when was napping.

We joined their VIP club and it was 78.95 a night and if you stayed 9 nights

the 10th was free. In all we stayed 11 nights.

There is also the Mc house, which unfortunately was booked

solid while were there. I call and get on their waiting list. It's something

like 12 bucks a night. The number is and speak with Lamb.

I hope this information helps and good luck. You will be pleased with Dr.

Ponseti.

Sue, Brent, Angele and

[Guest guest]

Suzanne,

I think you will be very impressed by Dr. Ponseti's technique. It is

amazing what his method accomplishes in a matter of weeks that isn't

accomplished by other method in months. Rose was six months old and

three weeks from surgery when we took her to Dr. Ponseti. By the time

she was to have her surgery, her foot was completely corrected, and she

was in the brace shortly after! I hope your visit with Dr. Ponseti is a

good one. I'm not much help with hotels as I actually have an uncle who

lives in Cedar RApids. Sorry I can't help you there. You will be in

our thoughts.

Joy

http://community.webtv.net/joybelle15/ROSESCLUBFOOTPAGE