Guest guest Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 My son Gabe was born o 12/28/03 with left clubfoot with moderate severity. We started the serial casting and manipulation at 8 days old with our Dr who is trained in the Ponsetti Method. We had our heel cord tenotomy in the the middle of April. Three weeks ago we got our first Denis Browne bar and shoes. My son absolutely hated this. A week later we found out that the shoes fit poorly and I ended up going to another orthototist to get fitted. He ended with up a shoe 3 x smaller on his left foot! unfortunately he was even more miserable with his new brace. He fought it constantly and he developed a blister on his left heel despite the extra padding. I was instructed by the dr to leave brace off for a week and perform the french method in the meantime. We went back to the dr this week and his heel still hasn't healed so he said to continue the french method for two more weeks so the the heel can heal properly (it had developed an ulcerated area on it. I have been constantly bending and stretching his foot and it actually is more limber than ever, but I am so nervous about him not being in his brace for so long. I know the heel has to heal or it could get worse. I have talked frequently to the orthototist and he is getting a narrow heel shoe for when Gabe can start wearing his brace again. I fear regression in his foot. Has anyone else had this much trouble? _________________________________________________________________ MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from any Web page – FREE download! http://toolbar.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200413ave/direct/01/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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