Guest guest Posted October 3, 2003 Report Share Posted October 3, 2003 Hi Everyone! Well, we drove the 2 hours to Baltimore and back to see Dr. Herzenberg today. (We drive from Virginia to Vermont a few times a year, so we broke down and bought the VCR player for the car, so Zoe watched videos all the way there and back, then took a 3 hour nap when we got home...). The good news is that Dr. Herzenberg was really happy with how her foot is doing. The bad news is, she's not out of the shoes yet. I had been hopeful because she just turned 2 1/2, didn't need a tenotomy and wore the shoes full time for 5 months... BUT, she is in the largest shoe size Markell makes (8), so Dr. Herzenberg said when she outgrows the shoes, she'll be done. We don't have to go back for 5 months... My only concern is that she starts to get uncomfortable as soon as her toes reach the end, so I don't think they'll fit for 5 more months. Usually when the shoes aren't fitting properly, she has difficulty sleeping... We'll wait and see what happens and try not to worry about it until then. Hope you're all doing well! Joanne W. (mom to Zoe, 3-25-01, right clubfoot) Fairfax, VA _________________________________________________________________ Get McAfee virus scanning and cleaning of incoming attachments. Get Hotmail Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 4, 2003 Report Share Posted October 4, 2003 Joanne, Great news! Thanks for the update. I'm sure you are disappointed about the brace .. but just think that it's really not all that long to keep wearing it, and this window around age 2 is, as Dr. Ponseti described it to me, a " treacherous time " for relapse.. so better to be safe .. is over 3 now and still wearing the brace till the end of the year.. she's in a size 7 narrow. Maybe now that Zoe is a little older her feet won't grow at quite as fast a rate as before.. I hope it works out! Good luck... and > Hi Everyone! > > Well, we drove the 2 hours to Baltimore and back to see Dr. Herzenberg > today. (We drive from Virginia to Vermont a few times a year, so we broke > down and bought the VCR player for the car, so Zoe watched videos all the > way there and back, then took a 3 hour nap when we got home...). > > The good news is that Dr. Herzenberg was really happy with how her foot is > doing. > > The bad news is, she's not out of the shoes yet. I had been hopeful because > she just turned 2 1/2, didn't need a tenotomy and wore the shoes full time > for 5 months... > > BUT, she is in the largest shoe size Markell makes (8), so Dr. Herzenberg > said when she outgrows the shoes, she'll be done. We don't have to go back > for 5 months... My only concern is that she starts to get uncomfortable as > soon as her toes reach the end, so I don't think they'll fit for 5 more > months. Usually when the shoes aren't fitting properly, she has difficulty > sleeping... > > We'll wait and see what happens and try not to worry about it until then. > > Hope you're all doing well! > Joanne W. (mom to Zoe, 3-25-01, right clubfoot) > Fairfax, VA > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get McAfee virus scanning and cleaning of incoming attachments. Get Hotmail > Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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