AFO's

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Hello... My son will be having a tenotomy on June 30th. He will then be

casted for 4 weeks, and they told me he'd be in the AFO's following casting. Can

anyone tell me about them. How long do the kids usually have to wear them after

the tenotomy? How high up on the leg do they go? Are they as hard to put on as

the Dennis Browne boots? We had those for a few weeks and I hated putting them

on his feet!!!!! He also hated them!

Thanks

Tichauer

2/9/04 BLCF

cfhawaii50 cfhawaii50@...> wrote:

Hi everyone:)

Well, Kris has learned to walk again after being in the cast's for almost a

month and a half:) I posted more pictures of him in cfpics if anyone wants to

see his feet:)

He also is wearing the AFO's during the day from time to time. I was not sure he

needed to have them after having been casted, but saw him pulling in the big

toes and making his feet turn inward...I put the AFO's on real quick!!

If anything it will keep him from doing that:)

The most strange thing about all this is ...for as long as I can remember, he

has fought me about putting on the FAB/DBB's every night!

But after he got out of the cast's I had increased his time in them and started

putting them on as soon as he got out of bathtime (almost 11/2 hours or more

before bedtime)

and not one complaint! I could not believe it!!

he also likes the AFO's!!

I am speechless...

but very happy:)

so far he is doing fine:)

If the feet start to turn in again, he will have to get the inside tendons cut

to release the tension. Has anyone gone through this? would love to hear any

story's:)

bye for now

Carole and Kris in Hawaii

6-11-02 Bilateral clubfoot

Ponseti method since birth, just finished a frontal relapse (?) of feet w/

casting.

FAB?DBB 14to 16 hrs/7 days a week

Also using AFO's when out and about running around ( still let him run barefoot

as much as I can:)