Re: Increase in bar time / Markell Shoe Sizes

[Guest guest]

is only two and in a size 6 that is too small. He wears an 8 1/2 in

a regular shoe, so I can only imagine he will need a larger than an 8 later

on too.

>

>Reply-To: nosurgery4clubfoot

>To: nosurgery4clubfoot >

>Subject: Increase in bar time / Markell Shoe Sizes

>Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 21:03:40 -0800

>

> > Hello again,

> >

> > I wanted to share with you all some information that may be of a concern

> > to other parents with older children! and Claire wrote me earlier

> > and brought up some valid concerns about Markell shoe sizes in relation

>to

> > wearing the FAB longer.

> >

> > --------------------

> > This is what wrote:

> > Claire is about the age of Trenton I believe.. She had originally

> > been scheduled to come out of the bar at 3 1/2, but I told Dr.

> > Ponseti I was willing and actually wanted to keep her in it longer,

> > if it wouldn't hurt, and Dr. Ponseti said he was all for it, since he

> > had been seeing these relapses, and she was tolerating it. We're

> > seeing him in a few weeks, and will talk then about whether she'll

> > come out at 4 or not. I'd be happy to continue longer, to be on the

> > safe side, if necessary.

> >

> > I have been wondering recently if Markell is going to increase the

> > size range of the shoes.

> > What size is Trenton in? Claire is in 8s, the largest, I believe, and

> > doesn't have all that much more room in them.

> > --------------------------------------------

> >

> > While I was in San Francisco I was able to go to the AAOS Convention

>with

> > Dr. Ponseti. For those of you who known Lori Stime I talked her into

>going

> > with me. I meet many of the doctor's who practice the Ponseti Method at

> > the convention including Dr. Herzenberg, Dr. Lehman, Dr. Mosca, Dr.

>Dietz

> > and quite a few more. While at the convention I also meet Markell

>and

> > talked with him about shoe sizes. As mentioned in her email 8 is

> > the largest size in the opened toe shoe. Markell does have larger

> > shoes but they are the closed toe boots! I asked him if he was willing

>to

> > make larger sizes in the opened toe shoe because Dr. Ponseti is

>increasing

> > the length of time in the bar till our children are 4 or 5 years old .

>He

> > said he would be willing to if the demand was great enough. So it looks

> > like we need to find out how many parents have older kids that will need

>a

> > shoe size larger than 8. I was getting ready to order new ones, but they

> > don't have shoes larger than an 8. Please let me know if there are

>others

> > out there with little ones in the same current situation as Trenton and

> > Claire.

> >

> > Charity and Trenton (8-24-00)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Because my son Skyler is almost 4 and big for his age, he is almost

at the limit of the 8's right now. He will need to wear the bar for

at least another year. We could definitely use a larger shoe size.

& Skyler