Re: Re: For those just starting out on the clubfoot journey-

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I went out and looked at 's photos and as always, she is living proof that

this works. Her feet (and the rest of her too) are beautiful.

By the way, Rose is still wearing those little jammies you sent her. They are

getting a little short, but they are so soft and snuggly that we havn't been

able to bear giving them up yet.

Robin & Rose

3/12/03 Right club foot.

jenandlivie consider@...> wrote:

is beautiful ! What a sweet little girl. Thank you for

sharing these inspiring photos. I know that when we started our

research two and a half years ago, it was photos like these that

made us pursue the Ponseti method. It's still inspiring to me to

see where Olivia may be in another year and a half even with her

current relapse issues!

Thanks so much!

Jen & olivia

> I thought that it might be reassuring for some of you who are

> expecting a baby with clubfoot, or who have a newborn with

clubfoot

> to see some pictures of my now 4 year old daughter...

> she's barefoot in some of the pictures, and you cannot really tell

> the difference between her normal foot and corrected foot. If you

> have a dial-up connection, be warned ahead of time that there are

a

> bunch of photos and it will take a while to load.

> http://pages.ivillage.com/trevillian

>

> The last 3 photos on the page are really the reason that I was

moved

> to share the pictures with you. The photographer asked her to

jump

> and spin as he snapped pictures- (he was trying to get some

artistic

> pictures to play with- he had no idea that there was anything

special

> about her foot) and in hindsight, those pictures really capture

the

> achievement of taking that twisted little foot and making

it " fully

> functional " . When we started out with this group, the " older "

kids

> were Jakob and - who weren't even 2 at the time! I know I

> would have liked to have had some pictures of " old timers' " feet

to

> see where we were heading. (Especially when I wasn't sure that

all

> that extra skin was going to go away!)

>

> I have been through the emotional rollercoaster that many of you

are

> currently on. I hope that these photos help reenforce the idea

that

> some day, you'll be on the " other side " of treatment looking back

at

> pictures and seeing how far your child has come.

> There's a link in the links section to another photo album with a

> photo of 's foot at birth if you're motivated to see

> the " before " picture along with the current pictures.

> I hope this is encouraging to some of you-

> Regards,

> & (3-16-00)

> left clubfoot, switched to Ponseti method at 4 months old