Sanna in Finland Re: Herzenberg Symposium Today

[Guest guest]

Sanna,

I especially wanted to send you a message regarding the Symposium in

Baltimore. During the meeting, my wife Allyson was talking to a

doctor from Finland, brought me her card and said I should go visit

with her.

I introduced myself and explained that there were a few parents from

Finland on the internet. I asked her if she knew of the Finnish

parents group at Yahoo (Kampurajalka)

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Kampurajalka/

and knew of you and your experience in going to Iowa. She said that

she had just been in Iowa with Dr. Ponseti the week before and was

now at Dr. Herzenbergs Ponseti and Ilizarov meetings before

returning home to Finland next week. She said that after being in

Iowa and now at Dr. Herzenbergs, that she better understands the

Ponseti method and what it takes to make it work. I think that she

will be a great resource for Parents in Finland who would like to

use the Ponseti method.

She said that part of the reason that she had come was because of

you. I assume that meant because of the influence you have had in

sharing the message of the Ponseti method among the internet parents

in Finland.

I thought that you would be happy to know that.

> Hi All!

>

> Just returned from an AMAZING day at the clubfoot symposium in

> Baltimore. What an incredible pleasure it was to meet and

> Allyson Egbert and Dr. Pirani and many other parents and doctors.

> I'm bad with names, so I don't want to leave anyone out! It was

quite

> a mindexpanding day! 's presentation about the parents'

> perspective was very well done.

>

> I just want to reassure those parents in attendance that the

> videotape of the patients was solely for in-house teaching

purposes

> for Dr. Herzenberg's use. Actually, I had to run out and get more

> tapes, so I did not even get to tape all of the cases since my

tape

> ran out... I will be giving Dr. Herzenberg all of the videos once

I

> transfer the footage to VHS and DVD.

>

> The children and parents were phenomenal! It looked pretty

stressful.

> I hope everyone's doing okay. There was a lot of discussion

amongst

> the doctors about parents' compliance with bracing and how to help

> parents comply, but the big controversy was whether or not to use

> anesthesia for the tenotomy.

>

> The doctors who presented their success stories using the method

were

> very excited. It was so powerful to see case after case of

clubfoot

> with a positive outcome. Pictures do speak volumes.

>

> I hope I get to go next year as well!

> Best, Joanne