Guest guest Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 Save yourself a lot of time and trouble, just get a roll of fiberglass casting material from your local vet and wrap it around the plaster yourself to reinforce the weak spots. By the time our six weeks post op time was up I had about four different layers on his legs at various spots because he beat the snot out of them. Oh- and these started out as reinforced fiberglass casts..... LOL! Them kids sure can be rough. s. cast broke My daughter pounds her cast on the floor, and I noticed last night that the heel area of the cast is broken, and the cast is weak behind the knee (it bends). Has this ever happened to anyone before? I hope to see the Dr for a new cast tomorrow. Mollie and lcf 4/4/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 Save yourself a lot of time and trouble, just get a roll of fiberglass casting material from your local vet and wrap it around the plaster yourself to reinforce the weak spots. By the time our six weeks post op time was up I had about four different layers on his legs at various spots because he beat the snot out of them. Oh- and these started out as reinforced fiberglass casts..... LOL! Them kids sure can be rough. s. cast broke My daughter pounds her cast on the floor, and I noticed last night that the heel area of the cast is broken, and the cast is weak behind the knee (it bends). Has this ever happened to anyone before? I hope to see the Dr for a new cast tomorrow. Mollie and lcf 4/4/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 Yeah, we had this happen - on a friday night at 5pm no less. We went into the ER at the direction of the on call ortho and they put fiberglass over the plaster. It held great until Monday. When Dr Ponseti put on the new cast, he reinforced it alot, but then later decided it needed fiberglass over it afterall. Of course, he decided this after the office had closed and I had a flight scheduled for the next morning at 7am. After we landed in Seattle that afternoon we went straight to Children's Hospital and the cast tech put fiberglass over the plaster. That held up to 2.5 weeks of walking, beating and all other varieties of things. i had to patch to toe shelf with plaster that Dr P had given me 2 days before the cast was to come off. Angel cast broke My daughter pounds her cast on the floor, and I noticed last night that the heel area of the cast is broken, and the cast is weak behind the knee (it bends). Has this ever happened to anyone before? I hope to see the Dr for a new cast tomorrow. Mollie and lcf 4/4/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 Yeah, we had this happen - on a friday night at 5pm no less. We went into the ER at the direction of the on call ortho and they put fiberglass over the plaster. It held great until Monday. When Dr Ponseti put on the new cast, he reinforced it alot, but then later decided it needed fiberglass over it afterall. Of course, he decided this after the office had closed and I had a flight scheduled for the next morning at 7am. After we landed in Seattle that afternoon we went straight to Children's Hospital and the cast tech put fiberglass over the plaster. That held up to 2.5 weeks of walking, beating and all other varieties of things. i had to patch to toe shelf with plaster that Dr P had given me 2 days before the cast was to come off. Angel cast broke My daughter pounds her cast on the floor, and I noticed last night that the heel area of the cast is broken, and the cast is weak behind the knee (it bends). Has this ever happened to anyone before? I hope to see the Dr for a new cast tomorrow. Mollie and lcf 4/4/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 Yeah, we had this happen - on a friday night at 5pm no less. We went into the ER at the direction of the on call ortho and they put fiberglass over the plaster. It held great until Monday. When Dr Ponseti put on the new cast, he reinforced it alot, but then later decided it needed fiberglass over it afterall. Of course, he decided this after the office had closed and I had a flight scheduled for the next morning at 7am. After we landed in Seattle that afternoon we went straight to Children's Hospital and the cast tech put fiberglass over the plaster. That held up to 2.5 weeks of walking, beating and all other varieties of things. i had to patch to toe shelf with plaster that Dr P had given me 2 days before the cast was to come off. Angel cast broke My daughter pounds her cast on the floor, and I noticed last night that the heel area of the cast is broken, and the cast is weak behind the knee (it bends). Has this ever happened to anyone before? I hope to see the Dr for a new cast tomorrow. Mollie and lcf 4/4/04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 28, 2004 Report Share Posted July 28, 2004 Thanks for the info re reinforcing the cast w/ fiberglass. I am quite frustrated w/ my ortho dr. He does not feel it necessary for to get a new cast until monday (her scheduled appt) and he never mentioned anything about reinforcing the weak spots. This is not the first time he has taken the wait and see approach. Shame on me for allowing this to continue. I will be interested to see how her foot looks after this cast is removed. It is her first cast after relapsing from wearing the AFO. I am leaning towards getting a new dr, at least for my own piece of mind. Mollie and lcf 4/14/04 > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 If you are not feeling right about your ortho, then it would probably be best for you to get a second opinion. The 'wait and see " method doesnt seem like a good idea to me at such a point in correction. Add that with her having used an AFO before and it sets of bells. Good luck! Angel Re: cast broke Thanks for the info re reinforcing the cast w/ fiberglass. I am quite frustrated w/ my ortho dr. He does not feel it necessary for to get a new cast until monday (her scheduled appt) and he never mentioned anything about reinforcing the weak spots. This is not the first time he has taken the wait and see approach. Shame on me for allowing this to continue. I will be interested to see how her foot looks after this cast is removed. It is her first cast after relapsing from wearing the AFO. I am leaning towards getting a new dr, at least for my own piece of mind. Mollie and lcf 4/14/04 > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2004 Report Share Posted July 29, 2004 I sent Dr. ponsetti and email. I requested a consultation with him. I hope to see him next week. I will keep the group posted. Thanks, mollie and lcf (4/14/04) > If you are not feeling right about your ortho, then it would probably be best for you to get a second opinion. The 'wait and see " method doesnt seem like a good idea to me at such a point in correction. Add that with her having used an AFO before and it sets of bells. > > Good luck! > > Angel > Re: cast broke > > > Thanks for the info re reinforcing the cast w/ fiberglass. > > I am quite frustrated w/ my ortho dr. He does not feel it necessary > for to get a new cast until monday (her scheduled appt) and he > never mentioned anything about reinforcing the weak spots. > > This is not the first time he has taken the wait and see approach. > Shame on me for allowing this to continue. I will be interested to > see how her foot looks after this cast is removed. It is her first > cast after relapsing from wearing the AFO. I am leaning towards > getting a new dr, at least for my own piece of mind. > > Mollie and lcf 4/14/04 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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