Increase in bar time / Markell Shoe Sizes

[Guest guest]

> 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.

>

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> 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.

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>

> 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)