Interesting About So Many Feet Not Fitting in the Standard DBB

January 11, 2004

I've been following the various posts from people who have children

whose feet do not fit properly in the DBB. This seems to be a

relatively new development - does this seem to be so for some of

the " old timers " on the list? I've been here since April of '02 - and

it seems just within this last 1/2 year or so, more and more cases of

blisters, shoes not working at all, are occurring. At first, I

thought it must have something to do with the correction, (or lack

of) or maybe because of non-compliance on the parents part - which

made the shoe not fit properly because of relapse. But now I'm

starting to wonder - are we starting to see a new crop of feet? Or

is this an old problem that I just wasn't aware of?

My heart really goes out to those of you experiencing such issues

with your child's feet and DBB-wear. I vividly remember what a

trying time it was for Zach and my husband and I when Zach first went

into the DBB - I can't even begin to imagine the stress level when

the feet absolutely won't stay in, blisters, etc. - through no fault

of the parent (is what it's sounding like). I'm so sorry for those

of you going through this. I know when we first started the DBB we

wanted to chuck it out the window (although short lived - Zach

adjusted very quickly - about a week, and all was fine). I can

empathize with you and I hope your questions are answered quickly and

the problems for you are resolved.

Very Curious,

Holly

Zachary 7/27/02

Unilateral Right CF

Treated by Dr. Ponseti

14 hrs/day DBB

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