Re: Baby Fitzgerald Arrived Early

[Guest guest]

,

Congratulations on the birth of your son. I'm so glad to here that

Austin and you are doing great! I wish your family the best and hope

everything goes well in Baltimore!

Michele

Collin 8-24-01

[Guest guest]

,

Congratulations on the birth of your son. I'm so glad to here that

Austin and you are doing great! I wish your family the best and hope

everything goes well in Baltimore!

Michele

Collin 8-24-01

[Guest guest]

,

Congratulations on the birth of your son. I'm so glad to here that

Austin and you are doing great! I wish your family the best and hope

everything goes well in Baltimore!

Michele

Collin 8-24-01

[Guest guest]

What a blessing! Congratulations both on Austin's birth and the fact

that it doesn't seem to be clubfoot! I hope the visit to Baltimore

confirms the diagnosis. Congratulations again.. So happy for you!

and

> Hi all, I haven't posted in a while b/c I was waiting for our son

to

> be born in early August to actaully see if he really has club foot

> (diagnosed in 20wk sonogram). Well, Austin decided he was ready to

> face the world a little early. He was born on July 8th. He is 6lb

> 2oz and is doing great. His feet do show some turning, but both

the

> hospital Ped. and our family Ped. both think it looks more like

> Metetarsus Abductus (sp?) rather than club foot. We are going to

see

> Dr Herzenberg in Baltimore this Friday to get a final diagnosis.

We

> are keeping out fingers crossed for the MA, since that can correct

on

> it's own (we can actually fully turn his feet out now with no

> resistance). I'll let you all know what happens on Friday. If

> anyone else is going to be in Balitmore on Friday, send me a

message.

> I'd love to say thanks to some of the you since you all have been

so

> helpful and supportive over the last few months.

>

> and Austin.

[Guest guest]

What a blessing! Congratulations both on Austin's birth and the fact

that it doesn't seem to be clubfoot! I hope the visit to Baltimore

confirms the diagnosis. Congratulations again.. So happy for you!

and

> Hi all, I haven't posted in a while b/c I was waiting for our son

to

> be born in early August to actaully see if he really has club foot

> (diagnosed in 20wk sonogram). Well, Austin decided he was ready to

> face the world a little early. He was born on July 8th. He is 6lb

> 2oz and is doing great. His feet do show some turning, but both

the

> hospital Ped. and our family Ped. both think it looks more like

> Metetarsus Abductus (sp?) rather than club foot. We are going to

see

> Dr Herzenberg in Baltimore this Friday to get a final diagnosis.

We

> are keeping out fingers crossed for the MA, since that can correct

on

> it's own (we can actually fully turn his feet out now with no

> resistance). I'll let you all know what happens on Friday. If

> anyone else is going to be in Balitmore on Friday, send me a

message.

> I'd love to say thanks to some of the you since you all have been

so

> helpful and supportive over the last few months.

>

> and Austin.

[Guest guest]

What a blessing! Congratulations both on Austin's birth and the fact

that it doesn't seem to be clubfoot! I hope the visit to Baltimore

confirms the diagnosis. Congratulations again.. So happy for you!

and

> Hi all, I haven't posted in a while b/c I was waiting for our son

to

> be born in early August to actaully see if he really has club foot

> (diagnosed in 20wk sonogram). Well, Austin decided he was ready to

> face the world a little early. He was born on July 8th. He is 6lb

> 2oz and is doing great. His feet do show some turning, but both

the

> hospital Ped. and our family Ped. both think it looks more like

> Metetarsus Abductus (sp?) rather than club foot. We are going to

see

> Dr Herzenberg in Baltimore this Friday to get a final diagnosis.

We

> are keeping out fingers crossed for the MA, since that can correct

on

> it's own (we can actually fully turn his feet out now with no

> resistance). I'll let you all know what happens on Friday. If

> anyone else is going to be in Balitmore on Friday, send me a

message.

> I'd love to say thanks to some of the you since you all have been

so

> helpful and supportive over the last few months.

>

> and Austin.

[Guest guest]

Congratulations on the birth of your new baby! Welcome to the world, Austin! I

hope that the metatarsus adductus is confirmed -- much easier to deal with. Our

son (3 months old) has a club foot, but our daughter (now 3 years old) had

severe metatarsus adductus in both feet. Even if it is only that, I would

suggest that you have it treated early (if it is severe enough to need

treatment) rather than later... our daughter was diagnosed quite late, and it

has cost us a great deal of time and effort (and years of corrective shoes)

rather than having been very simple to correct, as it could have been. By the

time she saw a specialist for her feet (at over a year old) he told us that it

could have EASILY been corrected earlier, but that it was too late for that.

Her feet are fine (two years later now) but we are told that she will probably

always be somewhat in-toed. Best of luck to you! (Rita)

[Guest guest]

Congratulations on the birth of your new baby! Welcome to the world, Austin! I

hope that the metatarsus adductus is confirmed -- much easier to deal with. Our

son (3 months old) has a club foot, but our daughter (now 3 years old) had

severe metatarsus adductus in both feet. Even if it is only that, I would

suggest that you have it treated early (if it is severe enough to need

treatment) rather than later... our daughter was diagnosed quite late, and it

has cost us a great deal of time and effort (and years of corrective shoes)

rather than having been very simple to correct, as it could have been. By the

time she saw a specialist for her feet (at over a year old) he told us that it

could have EASILY been corrected earlier, but that it was too late for that.

Her feet are fine (two years later now) but we are told that she will probably

always be somewhat in-toed. Best of luck to you! (Rita)

[Guest guest]

Congratulations on the birth of your new baby! Welcome to the world, Austin! I

hope that the metatarsus adductus is confirmed -- much easier to deal with. Our

son (3 months old) has a club foot, but our daughter (now 3 years old) had

severe metatarsus adductus in both feet. Even if it is only that, I would

suggest that you have it treated early (if it is severe enough to need

treatment) rather than later... our daughter was diagnosed quite late, and it

has cost us a great deal of time and effort (and years of corrective shoes)

rather than having been very simple to correct, as it could have been. By the

time she saw a specialist for her feet (at over a year old) he told us that it

could have EASILY been corrected earlier, but that it was too late for that.

Her feet are fine (two years later now) but we are told that she will probably

always be somewhat in-toed. Best of luck to you! (Rita)

[Guest guest]

Congratulations on your new baby! I am hoping all goes well with Dr.

Herzenberg and it is not clubfoot. Good luck!!

Bonnie

mom to Zachary, 8/3/93, ,12/29/97, and Dylan,10/26/00-bilateral CF

On Wed, 17 Jul 2002 01:36:48 -0000 " mfitz42900 " writes:

Hi all, I haven't posted in a while b/c I was waiting for our son to

be born in early August to actaully see if he really has club foot

(diagnosed in 20wk sonogram). Well, Austin decided he was ready to

face the world a little early. He was born on July 8th. He is 6lb

2oz and is doing great. His feet do show some turning, but both the

hospital Ped. and our family Ped. both think it looks more like

Metetarsus Abductus (sp?) rather than club foot. We are going to see

Dr Herzenberg in Baltimore this Friday to get a final diagnosis. We

are keeping out fingers crossed for the MA, since that can correct on

it's own (we can actually fully turn his feet out now with no

resistance). I'll let you all know what happens on Friday. If

anyone else is going to be in Balitmore on Friday, send me a message.

I'd love to say thanks to some of the you since you all have been so

helpful and supportive over the last few months.

and Austin.

[Guest guest]

congratulations on your baby!! hope all goes well for you in

baltimore - please keep us updated.

Tia & Kelby

8-3-01 bilateral

[Guest guest]

Congratulations, ! Wonderful news! Please keep us updated on

Austin's progress. I hope you get great news from Dr. Herzenberg.

& (3-16-00)

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I just wanted to say congratulations and good luck!

Sincerely,

& Breanna

mfitz42900 wrote: Hi all, I haven't posted in a while b/c I

was waiting for our son to

be born in early August to actaully see if he really has club foot

(diagnosed in 20wk sonogram). Well, Austin decided he was ready to

face the world a little early. He was born on July 8th. He is 6lb

2oz and is doing great. His feet do show some turning, but both the

hospital Ped. and our family Ped. both think it looks more like

Metetarsus Abductus (sp?) rather than club foot. We are going to see

Dr Herzenberg in Baltimore this Friday to get a final diagnosis. We

are keeping out fingers crossed for the MA, since that can correct on

it's own (we can actually fully turn his feet out now with no

resistance). I'll let you all know what happens on Friday. If

anyone else is going to be in Balitmore on Friday, send me a message.

I'd love to say thanks to some of the you since you all have been so

helpful and supportive over the last few months.

and Austin.

[Guest guest]

and Austin,

Our first daughter was born with metatarsus adductus in each foot. Her feet

were very turned in at birth, but she had regular looking feet, meaning, her

heals were all the way down and her feet looked completely normal, but she

did have some rather large creases in the insides of each foot and of course

both feet turned in towards eachother. (pigeon toed)

She recieved no treatments to either foot since both feet were able to be

pulled easily to the correct possition with no resistance. Her feet

straightened out pretty quickly in appearance after that but at 12 months

when she started walking we noticed she walked pigeon toed. We finally got a

referral from our pediatrician and they said most often nothing is done to

correct metatarsus unless the case was very severe which is not common. They

mentioned a pair of straight laced type shoes may have helped some but there

was no quarantee and by the time we took her to the specialist, it was

really too late for a trial. She is now 5 1/2 years old and her feet are

pretty much perfect! She does still have slight intoeing but nothing

noticeable. I think we notice it only in her ballet class because she is

learning to point her toes out in her ballet steps and it is somewhat harder

for her than the other girls.

Our second daughter was born with moderately severe bilateral clubfoot, so

we learned the differences between the two first hand. Our first daughter,

looking back now, was a piece of cake! I hope you hear good news on friday,

best of luck to you all!

Holly and

Baby Fitzgerald Arrived Early

>Hi all, I haven't posted in a while b/c I was waiting for our son to

>be born in early August to actaully see if he really has club foot

>(diagnosed in 20wk sonogram). Well, Austin decided he was ready to

>face the world a little early. He was born on July 8th. He is 6lb

>2oz and is doing great. His feet do show some turning, but both the

>hospital Ped. and our family Ped. both think it looks more like

>Metetarsus Abductus (sp?) rather than club foot. We are going to see

>Dr Herzenberg in Baltimore this Friday to get a final diagnosis. We

>are keeping out fingers crossed for the MA, since that can correct on

>it's own (we can actually fully turn his feet out now with no

>resistance). I'll let you all know what happens on Friday. If

>anyone else is going to be in Balitmore on Friday, send me a message.

>I'd love to say thanks to some of the you since you all have been so

>helpful and supportive over the last few months.

>

> and Austin.

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

and Austin,

Our first daughter was born with metatarsus adductus in each foot. Her feet

were very turned in at birth, but she had regular looking feet, meaning, her

heals were all the way down and her feet looked completely normal, but she

did have some rather large creases in the insides of each foot and of course

both feet turned in towards eachother. (pigeon toed)

She recieved no treatments to either foot since both feet were able to be

pulled easily to the correct possition with no resistance. Her feet

straightened out pretty quickly in appearance after that but at 12 months

when she started walking we noticed she walked pigeon toed. We finally got a

referral from our pediatrician and they said most often nothing is done to

correct metatarsus unless the case was very severe which is not common. They

mentioned a pair of straight laced type shoes may have helped some but there

was no quarantee and by the time we took her to the specialist, it was

really too late for a trial. She is now 5 1/2 years old and her feet are

pretty much perfect! She does still have slight intoeing but nothing

noticeable. I think we notice it only in her ballet class because she is

learning to point her toes out in her ballet steps and it is somewhat harder

for her than the other girls.

Our second daughter was born with moderately severe bilateral clubfoot, so

we learned the differences between the two first hand. Our first daughter,

looking back now, was a piece of cake! I hope you hear good news on friday,

best of luck to you all!

Holly and

Baby Fitzgerald Arrived Early

>Hi all, I haven't posted in a while b/c I was waiting for our son to

>be born in early August to actaully see if he really has club foot

>(diagnosed in 20wk sonogram). Well, Austin decided he was ready to

>face the world a little early. He was born on July 8th. He is 6lb

>2oz and is doing great. His feet do show some turning, but both the

>hospital Ped. and our family Ped. both think it looks more like

>Metetarsus Abductus (sp?) rather than club foot. We are going to see

>Dr Herzenberg in Baltimore this Friday to get a final diagnosis. We

>are keeping out fingers crossed for the MA, since that can correct on

>it's own (we can actually fully turn his feet out now with no

>resistance). I'll let you all know what happens on Friday. If

>anyone else is going to be in Balitmore on Friday, send me a message.

>I'd love to say thanks to some of the you since you all have been so

>helpful and supportive over the last few months.

>

> and Austin.

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

and Austin,

Our first daughter was born with metatarsus adductus in each foot. Her feet

were very turned in at birth, but she had regular looking feet, meaning, her

heals were all the way down and her feet looked completely normal, but she

did have some rather large creases in the insides of each foot and of course

both feet turned in towards eachother. (pigeon toed)

She recieved no treatments to either foot since both feet were able to be

pulled easily to the correct possition with no resistance. Her feet

straightened out pretty quickly in appearance after that but at 12 months

when she started walking we noticed she walked pigeon toed. We finally got a

referral from our pediatrician and they said most often nothing is done to

correct metatarsus unless the case was very severe which is not common. They

mentioned a pair of straight laced type shoes may have helped some but there

was no quarantee and by the time we took her to the specialist, it was

really too late for a trial. She is now 5 1/2 years old and her feet are

pretty much perfect! She does still have slight intoeing but nothing

noticeable. I think we notice it only in her ballet class because she is

learning to point her toes out in her ballet steps and it is somewhat harder

for her than the other girls.

Our second daughter was born with moderately severe bilateral clubfoot, so

we learned the differences between the two first hand. Our first daughter,

looking back now, was a piece of cake! I hope you hear good news on friday,

best of luck to you all!

Holly and

Baby Fitzgerald Arrived Early

>Hi all, I haven't posted in a while b/c I was waiting for our son to

>be born in early August to actaully see if he really has club foot

>(diagnosed in 20wk sonogram). Well, Austin decided he was ready to

>face the world a little early. He was born on July 8th. He is 6lb

>2oz and is doing great. His feet do show some turning, but both the

>hospital Ped. and our family Ped. both think it looks more like

>Metetarsus Abductus (sp?) rather than club foot. We are going to see

>Dr Herzenberg in Baltimore this Friday to get a final diagnosis. We

>are keeping out fingers crossed for the MA, since that can correct on

>it's own (we can actually fully turn his feet out now with no

>resistance). I'll let you all know what happens on Friday. If

>anyone else is going to be in Balitmore on Friday, send me a message.

>I'd love to say thanks to some of the you since you all have been so

>helpful and supportive over the last few months.

>

> and Austin.

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

, CONGRATULATIONS!! It's great to hear that Austin's feet are so

flexible. It sounds like it will be no problem to fix even if it is

clubfeet. I'm glad to hear that you are all doing well.

Joanne and Alaya (8-22-01)

[Guest guest]

, CONGRATULATIONS!! It's great to hear that Austin's feet are so

flexible. It sounds like it will be no problem to fix even if it is

clubfeet. I'm glad to hear that you are all doing well.

Joanne and Alaya (8-22-01)

[Guest guest]

Congratulations on your new bundle of joy!

Hel and Kaitlyn (3-7-02)

--- mfitz42900 wrote:

> Hi all, I haven't posted in a while b/c I was

> waiting for our son to

> be born in early August to actaully see if he really

> has club foot

> (diagnosed in 20wk sonogram). Well, Austin decided

> he was ready to

> face the world a little early. He was born on July

> 8th. He is 6lb

> 2oz and is doing great. His feet do show some

> turning, but both the

> hospital Ped. and our family Ped. both think it

> looks more like

> Metetarsus Abductus (sp?) rather than club foot. We

> are going to see

> Dr Herzenberg in Baltimore this Friday to get a

> final diagnosis. We

> are keeping out fingers crossed for the MA, since

> that can correct on

> it's own (we can actually fully turn his feet out

> now with no

> resistance). I'll let you all know what happens on

> Friday. If

> anyone else is going to be in Balitmore on Friday,

> send me a message.

> I'd love to say thanks to some of the you since you

> all have been so

> helpful and supportive over the last few months.

>

> and Austin.

>

>

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Congratulations on your new bundle of joy!

Hel and Kaitlyn (3-7-02)

--- mfitz42900 wrote:

> Hi all, I haven't posted in a while b/c I was

> waiting for our son to

> be born in early August to actaully see if he really

> has club foot

> (diagnosed in 20wk sonogram). Well, Austin decided

> he was ready to

> face the world a little early. He was born on July

> 8th. He is 6lb

> 2oz and is doing great. His feet do show some

> turning, but both the

> hospital Ped. and our family Ped. both think it

> looks more like

> Metetarsus Abductus (sp?) rather than club foot. We

> are going to see

> Dr Herzenberg in Baltimore this Friday to get a

> final diagnosis. We

> are keeping out fingers crossed for the MA, since

> that can correct on

> it's own (we can actually fully turn his feet out

> now with no

> resistance). I'll let you all know what happens on

> Friday. If

> anyone else is going to be in Balitmore on Friday,

> send me a message.

> I'd love to say thanks to some of the you since you

> all have been so

> helpful and supportive over the last few months.

>

> and Austin.

>

>

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Congratulations on your new bundle of joy!

Hel and Kaitlyn (3-7-02)

--- mfitz42900 wrote:

> Hi all, I haven't posted in a while b/c I was

> waiting for our son to

> be born in early August to actaully see if he really

> has club foot

> (diagnosed in 20wk sonogram). Well, Austin decided

> he was ready to

> face the world a little early. He was born on July

> 8th. He is 6lb

> 2oz and is doing great. His feet do show some

> turning, but both the

> hospital Ped. and our family Ped. both think it

> looks more like

> Metetarsus Abductus (sp?) rather than club foot. We

> are going to see

> Dr Herzenberg in Baltimore this Friday to get a

> final diagnosis. We

> are keeping out fingers crossed for the MA, since

> that can correct on

> it's own (we can actually fully turn his feet out

> now with no

> resistance). I'll let you all know what happens on

> Friday. If

> anyone else is going to be in Balitmore on Friday,

> send me a message.

> I'd love to say thanks to some of the you since you

> all have been so

> helpful and supportive over the last few months.

>

> and Austin.

>

>

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Hi, we are new to this site but wanted to congratulate you on your new arrival.

Hope Friday's appointment goes great! Let us know.

and Brooklyn 3/21/02 /bilateral cf

mfitz42900 wrote: Hi all, I haven't posted in a while b/c I

was waiting for our son to

be born in early August to actaully see if he really has club foot

(diagnosed in 20wk sonogram). Well, Austin decided he was ready to

face the world a little early. He was born on July 8th. He is 6lb

2oz and is doing great. His feet do show some turning, but both the

hospital Ped. and our family Ped. both think it looks more like

Metetarsus Abductus (sp?) rather than club foot. We are going to see

Dr Herzenberg in Baltimore this Friday to get a final diagnosis. We

are keeping out fingers crossed for the MA, since that can correct on

it's own (we can actually fully turn his feet out now with no

resistance). I'll let you all know what happens on Friday. If

anyone else is going to be in Balitmore on Friday, send me a message.

I'd love to say thanks to some of the you since you all have been so

helpful and supportive over the last few months.

and Austin.

[Guest guest]

Hi, we are new to this site but wanted to congratulate you on your new arrival.

Hope Friday's appointment goes great! Let us know.

and Brooklyn 3/21/02 /bilateral cf

mfitz42900 wrote: Hi all, I haven't posted in a while b/c I

was waiting for our son to

be born in early August to actaully see if he really has club foot

(diagnosed in 20wk sonogram). Well, Austin decided he was ready to

face the world a little early. He was born on July 8th. He is 6lb

2oz and is doing great. His feet do show some turning, but both the

hospital Ped. and our family Ped. both think it looks more like

Metetarsus Abductus (sp?) rather than club foot. We are going to see

Dr Herzenberg in Baltimore this Friday to get a final diagnosis. We

are keeping out fingers crossed for the MA, since that can correct on

it's own (we can actually fully turn his feet out now with no

resistance). I'll let you all know what happens on Friday. If

anyone else is going to be in Balitmore on Friday, send me a message.

I'd love to say thanks to some of the you since you all have been so

helpful and supportive over the last few months.

and Austin.