Re: Can we switch to Ponseit method?

[Guest guest]

Hi,

The Mc House was our home in Sept. and Oct. 2001. My girls were

just saying today that they want to go see Miss Kendra in Iowa! ( it's only 1200

miles!) Please tell them hello for us! (Caleb - Savannah Georgia~)Best of

luck to you, hope all goes well!

and Caleb 3-31-01

Can we switch to

> Ponseit method?

>

>

> Hi, I'm Michele, mom of Collin who is a happy 8

> months old. He was

> born on 8-24-01 with a right club foot. We belong

> to the other

> clubfoot support group on yahoo. My big question

> is, When is it to

> late to switch methods of treatment? We did not

> have much time for

> research after he was born, and had no clue what a

> club foot was

> before he was born, I feel like we rushed into

> everything. Collin

> had serial casting from about 6 days old until two

> weeks before his

> surgery at 8 weeks old, then casting until about 5

> months old. Since

> then he has been in an AFO during the day, and a

> DBB at night. We

> were told the AFO would be for about a year to a

> year1/2 and the DBB

> the Dupont doctor told us a few months then said

> maybe a few more

> months (he never goes into detail with it), the

> Shriners doctor told

> us a few years. We have been going to Dupont

> Childrens Hospital in

> Wilmington, DE since the begining, but have

> recently been accepted to

> SHriners in Philadelphia, we have been there twice

> now. Were going

> to both hospitals until his father and I can

> decide which is best for

> him. I emailed Dr. Ponseti and he said the

> closest doctor to us

> (were in South Jersey) that practices his method

> correctly would be

> in Baltimore which is I'm guessing about a 3 hour

> drive. I just

> wasn't sure if it is to late to swich methods,

> once he already has

> had surgery and is already 8 months old. Collin

> is doing great

> though, he started to crawl recently (mostly

> backwards) but we are

> just trying to figure out whats best for him. We

> hear of some kids

> going through many surgerys and we just don't know

> if thats the

> option we would want to take for Collin, also we

> don't know how

> feasible a 3 hour drive would be for us or if we

> could afford to do

> it every few weeks,... Thanks for your time!

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