Guest guest Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Hi all! I really could use your help. I have a friend whose daughter is bcf and in casts. She has huge bruises on the ankles when the casts come off. Ethan NEVER had a bruise, even a small one, and this makes me worry about the quality of her care!!! Please let me know, but I really think this IS NOT OK!!! Tina Dylan 3-21-00 Ethan 3-6-04 bcf brace 23/7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Elijah has had some bruises but keep in mind that he has atypical club foot and has pulled out of some casts. Before Dr K realized this and changed the way that she casted him, he would have bruises where the cast would 'wear' against his skin. Once she adapted her method to suit him, his skin has looked beautiful after removal. Lori and Elijah 3.26.04 RCF w/ Plantaris. Serial casting after 2nd tenotomy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 it sounds questionable to me too. Is she local? Can you convince her to get a second opinion? Was this after every cast or the last cast (was it a 3w cast?) I know it's happened... but it seems to me that each time a parent has posted this they have found a better doc. Then again Dr. Pirani has a patient right now whose mom posted here with terrible bruises and creases/sores and he's supposed to be one of the best. (quite honestly I question that situation too... doesn't seem right either) Can your friend come here and post more information? Kori At 05:29 PM 9/9/2004, you wrote: >Hi all! I really could use your help. I have a friend whose daughter >is bcf and in casts. She has huge bruises on the ankles when the casts >come off. Ethan NEVER had a bruise, even a small one, and this makes >me worry about the quality of her care!!! Please let me know, but I >really think this IS NOT OK!!! > >Tina >Dylan 3-21-00 >Ethan 3-6-04 bcf brace 23/7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2004 Report Share Posted September 9, 2004 Addisyn had some light bruises as well with the atypical cf, but they were always gone by the time the next cast came off. I would try to get a second opinion as well. Mia Lori gatorz5@...> wrote: Elijah has had some bruises but keep in mind that he has atypical club foot and has pulled out of some casts. Before Dr K realized this and changed the way that she casted him, he would have bruises where the cast would 'wear' against his skin. Once she adapted her method to suit him, his skin has looked beautiful after removal. Lori and Elijah 3.26.04 RCF w/ Plantaris. Serial casting after 2nd tenotomy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 I remember Ava having light bruising as well. Same place the outside of the foot near the ankle. If I remember it correctly they told me it was due to the " anatomy of the CF. " Normal feet have two arteries that run down the leg to allow circulation and blood flow. The CF usually only has one. You wouldn't know unless you had an US. That is what we were told don't know if it's true. The more I find out about her previous docs the more I ??????? KK Livi 01/03 Ava 05/04 BCF/2wks DBB > Elijah has had some bruises but keep in mind that he has atypical > club foot and has pulled out of some casts. Before Dr K realized this > and changed the way that she casted him, he would have bruises where > the cast would 'wear' against his skin. Once she adapted her method > to suit him, his skin has looked beautiful after removal. > > Lori > and Elijah 3.26.04 RCF w/ Plantaris. Serial casting after 2nd > tenotomy. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2004 Report Share Posted September 10, 2004 > Hi all! I really could use your help. I have a friend whose daughter > is bcf and in casts. She has huge bruises on the ankles when the casts > come off. Ethan NEVER had a bruise, even a small one, and this makes > me worry about the quality of her care!!! Please let me know, but I > really think this IS NOT OK!!! > > Tina > Dylan 3-21-00 > Ethan 3-6-04 bcf brace 23/7 That sounds like the kind of casting my son had with a non-Ponseti doctor. He would put the cast on and while it was still wet push on my son's ankle with his thumb while pulling on his foot. It left bruises on his ankle where the doctor had pushed with his thumb. After many sets of these casts he was unable to correct his feet. We will be seeing a Ponseti doctor soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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