Guest guest Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Happy New Year I've been lurking on this list for about a week and it seems that most of you have young children...however I have a question and would appreciate your input. My daughter, age seven was born with bi/cf. She was " serial casted " from birth until eleven months in India, her birth country. We adopted her at eleven months and she had her first surgical repair at seventeen months on both feet. She then wore AFO's until she was thirty-four months old at which time we sought a second opinion and another surgery was performed. The surgery was more successful for her right foot than her left. It's difficult to explain but her it's as if the inside of her lower ankle has fallen on the ground...I know that's not a very medical explanation:) Her toes also cross over each other and she has very narrow heels. Needless to say although she walks, although she has very poor balance and she always stumbles when she runs. Both of her calf muscles are also smaller than " normal, " and she tires easily on long walks, and has not mastered riding a bike. However I must say that she was the first in her swim class to go off the diving board, as I saw this shaky little girl bravely trying to keep her balance while she walked to the end of the board I almost passed out...but ended up crying tears of joy instead:) Anyway my question is, do any of you have older children with similar issues? We have another appointment with the orthopedic doctor next month. At last years appointment, x-rays revealed that her foot was beginning to grow in a ' " clubbed " way again. Thank you Deb RZ in Wisconsin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.