For those just starting out on the clubfoot journey-

April 28, 2004

I thought that it might be reassuring for some of you who are

expecting a baby with clubfoot, or who have a newborn with clubfoot

to see some pictures of my now 4 year old daughter...

she's barefoot in some of the pictures, and you cannot really tell

the difference between her normal foot and corrected foot. If you

have a dial-up connection, be warned ahead of time that there are a

bunch of photos and it will take a while to load.

The last 3 photos on the page are really the reason that I was moved

to share the pictures with you. The photographer asked her to jump

and spin as he snapped pictures- (he was trying to get some artistic

pictures to play with- he had no idea that there was anything special

about her foot) and in hindsight, those pictures really capture the

achievement of taking that twisted little foot and making it " fully

functional " . When we started out with this group, the " older " kids

were Jakob and - who weren't even 2 at the time! I know I

would have liked to have had some pictures of " old timers' " feet to

see where we were heading. (Especially when I wasn't sure that all

that extra skin was going to go away!)

I have been through the emotional rollercoaster that many of you are

currently on. I hope that these photos help reenforce the idea that

some day, you'll be on the " other side " of treatment looking back at

pictures and seeing how far your child has come.

There's a link in the links section to another photo album with a

photo of 's foot at birth if you're motivated to see

the " before " picture along with the current pictures.

I hope this is encouraging to some of you-

Regards,

& (3-16-00)

left clubfoot, switched to Ponseti method at 4 months old

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