cutting a heel hole in the markells?

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Livi just got her dbb back on and we are having a heck of a time

getting it to stay on... and a hard time getting her heel all the way

down I think.

I have heard someone say they cut out a hole in the back of each heel

so they could see if the foot was down. can you explain how big to

cut the whole? Has any doctor had any concerns about doing this?

Thanks!

Darby, mama to Livi 3/15/2004 bi cf casts thru 7/26, now in dbb

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Hey Darby,

I found the pics of the holes in Darbi's shoes. They're on this website's

photos section under Darbi but I can't get there right now. I thought I'd

lost them in my hd crash last week but I managed to find at least one. Are

you subbed to CFPics? If so, I will send them there. If not - I can send

it direct to you.

You only need to cut it a little bit- but I don't know if it's prudent to

cut the hole just to see or if it's best to leave the shoe whole and just

push, push, push on that knee and tighten it down. I don't think it's a

bad idea to cut it to check, but I do think it can be done without the

hole. The hole does allow the heel to round off out the back a little, but

after you go to new shoes without the hole that goes away.

If however a sore is there, the hole allows it to heal without anything

rubbing on it and air to get to it. I'm the hole woman here... but we

only did it in that first pair. Didn't need it after that.

I am going to be gone for a few hours here in a little bit. will be back

before 4pm PST.

Kori

At 12:00 PM 7/27/2004, you wrote:

>Livi just got her dbb back on and we are having a heck of a time

>getting it to stay on... and a hard time getting her heel all the way

>down I think.

>

>I have heard someone say they cut out a hole in the back of each heel

>so they could see if the foot was down. can you explain how big to

>cut the whole? Has any doctor had any concerns about doing this?

>

>Thanks!

>Darby, mama to Livi 3/15/2004 bi cf casts thru 7/26, now in dbb

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

When we cut the holes our our son's shoes, we just did it by eye. Start out

a little smaller and then enlarge it until you feel that it's big enough for

you to see. My index finger will slide into the holes without any problem.

I really like this because the hole is big enough for me to actually feel

where his heels are too, like when he's sleeping and I don't want to wake

him up, or if I'm holding him and don't want, or can't, rearrange him to

acutally look. I just feel where they are and it works well for me. Hubby

needed to use a drimmel (dremmel?) tool because there is a hard plastic or

fiberglass piece in the heel that's difficult to cut through. The drimmel

keeps it smooth too, so there are no jagged edges.

As far as doctors, I showed 's doctor what we did and he thought

it was a good idea since it allows you to see that the heel is all the way

in and allows you to check the heels throughout the day and fix if

necessary.

and

BCF 03/25/2004

DBB 23/7

cutting a heel hole in the markells?

> Livi just got her dbb back on and we are having a heck of a time

> getting it to stay on... and a hard time getting her heel all the way

> down I think.

>

> I have heard someone say they cut out a hole in the back of each heel

> so they could see if the foot was down. can you explain how big to

> cut the whole? Has any doctor had any concerns about doing this?

>

> Thanks!

> Darby, mama to Livi 3/15/2004 bi cf casts thru 7/26, now in dbb

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hey Kori!

If you could send me the pics directly.. I htink I'm subscribed to

cfpics, but I've had trouble in the past figuring out how to access

the pictures.... darby206@...

Thanks so much!

Darby

> >Livi just got her dbb back on and we are having a heck of a time

> >getting it to stay on... and a hard time getting her heel all the

way

> >down I think.

> >

> >I have heard someone say they cut out a hole in the back of each

heel

> >so they could see if the foot was down. can you explain how big

to

> >cut the whole? Has any doctor had any concerns about doing this?

> >

> >Thanks!

> >Darby, mama to Livi 3/15/2004 bi cf casts thru 7/26, now in dbb

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

ok - as far as the CFPics list, yahoo doesn't archive attachments anymore

so you have to be on individual mails to see them. Digest and no mail

don't work for that purpose. Check your membership and change to

individual mails. It's a low volume list so far.

I will send them to you though.

Kori

At 06:47 PM 7/27/2004, you wrote:

>Hey Kori!

>

>If you could send me the pics directly.. I htink I'm subscribed to

>cfpics, but I've had trouble in the past figuring out how to access

>the pictures.... darby206@...

>

>Thanks so much!

>Darby

>

>

> > >Livi just got her dbb back on and we are having a heck of a time

> > >getting it to stay on... and a hard time getting her heel all the

>way

> > >down I think.

> > >

> > >I have heard someone say they cut out a hole in the back of each

>heel

> > >so they could see if the foot was down. can you explain how big

>to

> > >cut the whole? Has any doctor had any concerns about doing this?

> > >

> > >Thanks!

> > >Darby, mama to Livi 3/15/2004 bi cf casts thru 7/26, now in dbb

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

Wow , it sounds like Livi and are probably going

through the same things - they are only 10 days apart.

Thanks for the tip, I think I'll try that - as Kori mentioned, I

probably won't have to do it on each pair, but at least for this

first one I think it will help so much.

This is the 2nd attempt at getting her in this dbb - we tried about

8 weeks ago but her feet weren't big enough- it was a disaster and

she was recasted after that... this time seems to be going a lot

better.

Thank you for all your help!

Darby, Livi's mama bi cf

> When we cut the holes our our son's shoes, we just did it by eye.

Start out

> a little smaller and then enlarge it until you feel that it's big

enough for

> you to see. My index finger will slide into the holes without any

problem.

> I really like this because the hole is big enough for me to

actually feel

> where his heels are too, like when he's sleeping and I don't want

to wake

> him up, or if I'm holding him and don't want, or can't, rearrange

him to

> acutally look. I just feel where they are and it works well for

me. Hubby

> needed to use a drimmel (dremmel?) tool because there is a hard

plastic or

> fiberglass piece in the heel that's difficult to cut through. The

drimmel

> keeps it smooth too, so there are no jagged edges.

>

> As far as doctors, I showed 's doctor what we did and

he thought

> it was a good idea since it allows you to see that the heel is all

the way

> in and allows you to check the heels throughout the day and fix if

> necessary.

>

> and

> BCF 03/25/2004

> DBB 23/7

>

>

> cutting a heel hole in the markells?

>

>

> > Livi just got her dbb back on and we are having a heck of a time

> > getting it to stay on... and a hard time getting her heel all

the way

> > down I think.

> >

> > I have heard someone say they cut out a hole in the back of each

heel

> > so they could see if the foot was down. can you explain how big

to

> > cut the whole? Has any doctor had any concerns about doing this?

> >

> > Thanks!

> > Darby, mama to Livi 3/15/2004 bi cf casts thru 7/26, now in dbb

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Thought I would throw my 2 cents in. When we cut a hole in Kai's last pair of

Markell's my husband just used a utility knife and made a rectangular window.

It doesnt have to be a circle unless you need it for a sore! The rectangle was

about 1/2 inch by 1/4 inch and it worked great.

Angel