Zoe's checkup

July 30, 2002

Hi all,

My apologies, for some reason I hit the send button prematurely!

Zoe had her checkup yesterday. The doctor had been anxious for her to walk.

Finally, she got to see Zoe walk. All she could say was, " IRONICALLY, Zoe's

left foot is " windswept " and her left leg is bowlegged. " (Ironically, my

husband had been saying that she walks funny, but I brushed it off and said

all new walkers walk funny at first.)

At first the doc was concerned about her hips, but they were fine. Then the

doctor put her on her stomach and looked at the bottoms of the feet, and we

could see that they were both pointing in the same direction, meaning her

right foot is pointing outwards from the overcorrection, which is normal,

but her left foot is pointing inwards in the same direction as the

overcorrected right foot. I brought up my concern that for a long time her

left shoe was not at 40 degrees, but the doc felt that would not have caused

this to happen.

The doc also said that this intoeing will self correct after 6 months of

walking and said that Zoe needs to do lots of walking (which she has been

doing, thankfully).

I know many people on this list have said that the intoeing goes away with

walking, but it was just so unexpected. We had been considering getting a

second opinion from Dr. Herzenberg because our doc said she might be out of

the shoes at 18 to 24 months, which we had learned is too early according to

the Ponsetti method. We were going to wait until our doc said Zoe was done

with the shoes to seek a second opinion, but now we're feeling a little

uneasy about this new development.

AFter coming this far, and her clubfoot is " perfect " as far as the

correction goes, we would feel remiss if we missed an opportunity to correct

her " normal " foot. Also, the recent discussion about MA has made me even

more concerned about treating it early if there is an actual problem.

As I've mentioned earlier, this doc has not followed the Ponsetti method

exactly, so this is another reason why I'm feeling uneasy about this latest

development.

Sorry for the long post... Thanks for any comments or suggestions...

Joanne W.

mom to Zoe (3-25-01, right clubfoot)

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