Guest guest Posted July 3, 2004 Report Share Posted July 3, 2004 I talked to Dr P (and Dr M, for all the he had in the way of help lol) and Dr Ponseti questioned me a length about the shoes and blister and what it comes down to is he thinks there is a minor flaw in the shoes - possibly the angle that the middle strap comes across - because Kai is the second child this week to have a blister right there from the shoes. A tid-bit for many. He told me to NOT use bandaids, blister pads, etc as the whole idea is to get pressure off the whole area. He advised to just leave the shoes off for a couple days - here Dr Mosca added to keep them off until the whole area was healthy (including the red spots) but not for more than a few days. A special note - Dr P verified Kai's age and the stability of correction before giving me the advice to go totally shoe free. He wants me to send him photos ASAP of the blister and redness so they can work on what is causing it (assuming it is the shoes at fault). Something that came up out of this was him asking me how Kai's arch was doing. I explained that it looked good tho not 100% and he followed with several questions about how long Kai had been walking. He was very surprised to learn the answer was over 6 months. He said the other cases of plantaris he saw were showing vast improvement with walking and the archs was coming down very well, confirming yet again that Kai's foot is just a bit different somehow from the other cases of plantaris. So, anyway, we are now shoe free for a few days with a baby that LOVES his shoes. He brought them to me at bedtime and I had a bit of a time getting him to understand that he could not wear them tonight. Ahh well, at least he doesnt hate them! Angel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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