RE: jacobs casting by ponseti doc

[Guest guest]

Heidi,

Check out this link ( http://hometown.aol.com/vc11/week1.htm ) to see

the plaster moldings of the Ponseti method.

Also, at Dr. Ponseti's site, you can see the stages of the

corrections demonstrated on a skeletal model at

http://www.vh.org/pediatric/provider/orthopaedics/Clubfoot/Clubfoot.ht

ml

Hope this helps!

Daiga and Owen, 02/04/03

Unilateral LCF, DBB 14/24

[Guest guest]

Heidi,

Check out this link ( http://hometown.aol.com/vc11/week1.htm ) to see

the plaster moldings of the Ponseti method.

Also, at Dr. Ponseti's site, you can see the stages of the

corrections demonstrated on a skeletal model at

http://www.vh.org/pediatric/provider/orthopaedics/Clubfoot/Clubfoot.ht

ml

Hope this helps!

Daiga and Owen, 02/04/03

Unilateral LCF, DBB 14/24

[Guest guest]

Heidi,

Real quick like - I just wanted to mention that Dr. Ponseti actually is

known to change casts every 5 days without any problems whatsoever. Two

weeks seems too long. I would absolutely question that. And yes, the

first casts don't turn the foot, they point it down and the last casts turn

the foot out. So that sounds just fine to me.

Here's something you can do - take pics of your son's casts and describe

the treatment plan and email Dr. P. He answers emails on Monday and Friday

so if you could get it to him tonight or tomorrow morning he may have time

to respond early this week. Just to know you're in good hands and your

treatment plan is a good one.

And while I don't recommend it - if you find you can't get good treatment

in ID it's only a 9-12hr drive to Portland (depending on where in ID you

are of course) where you can see a doc at Shriners who does cast correctly

(Darbi is a patient there - I'm in Portland). There's a Mc

house right there too - and Shriners is free. So it may be something that

is an option for you if nothing else works out. Also, didn't Robin say

there was a doc at the Spokane Shriners doing Ponseti now? Might be worth

your while to see if he's (she's) on Dr. P's list and if you can get in

there.

HTH

Kori

Mama of

Kenton - 6/98

Merek - 3/00

Darbi - 3/28/03 - Rt. CF - DBB 12hr/d

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[Guest guest]

Heidi,

Real quick like - I just wanted to mention that Dr. Ponseti actually is

known to change casts every 5 days without any problems whatsoever. Two

weeks seems too long. I would absolutely question that. And yes, the

first casts don't turn the foot, they point it down and the last casts turn

the foot out. So that sounds just fine to me.

Here's something you can do - take pics of your son's casts and describe

the treatment plan and email Dr. P. He answers emails on Monday and Friday

so if you could get it to him tonight or tomorrow morning he may have time

to respond early this week. Just to know you're in good hands and your

treatment plan is a good one.

And while I don't recommend it - if you find you can't get good treatment

in ID it's only a 9-12hr drive to Portland (depending on where in ID you

are of course) where you can see a doc at Shriners who does cast correctly

(Darbi is a patient there - I'm in Portland). There's a Mc

house right there too - and Shriners is free. So it may be something that

is an option for you if nothing else works out. Also, didn't Robin say

there was a doc at the Spokane Shriners doing Ponseti now? Might be worth

your while to see if he's (she's) on Dr. P's list and if you can get in

there.

HTH

Kori

Mama of

Kenton - 6/98

Merek - 3/00

Darbi - 3/28/03 - Rt. CF - DBB 12hr/d

(¨`·.·´¨)

`·.¸(¨`·.·´¨)

`·.¸.·´

[Guest guest]

Heidi,

Real quick like - I just wanted to mention that Dr. Ponseti actually is

known to change casts every 5 days without any problems whatsoever. Two

weeks seems too long. I would absolutely question that. And yes, the

first casts don't turn the foot, they point it down and the last casts turn

the foot out. So that sounds just fine to me.

Here's something you can do - take pics of your son's casts and describe

the treatment plan and email Dr. P. He answers emails on Monday and Friday

so if you could get it to him tonight or tomorrow morning he may have time

to respond early this week. Just to know you're in good hands and your

treatment plan is a good one.

And while I don't recommend it - if you find you can't get good treatment

in ID it's only a 9-12hr drive to Portland (depending on where in ID you

are of course) where you can see a doc at Shriners who does cast correctly

(Darbi is a patient there - I'm in Portland). There's a Mc

house right there too - and Shriners is free. So it may be something that

is an option for you if nothing else works out. Also, didn't Robin say

there was a doc at the Spokane Shriners doing Ponseti now? Might be worth

your while to see if he's (she's) on Dr. P's list and if you can get in

there.

HTH

Kori

Mama of

Kenton - 6/98

Merek - 3/00

Darbi - 3/28/03 - Rt. CF - DBB 12hr/d

(¨`·.·´¨)

`·.¸(¨`·.·´¨)

`·.¸.·´