Sanna in Finland Re: Herzenberg Symposium Today

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Hi and all,

I'm so busy with my work and Veeti nowadays that I hardly have any

time or energy to be active in the clubfoot field, although I know I

should as there is still SO much to do in Finland despite all the

good news lately. I recently received a letter from Dr. Ponseti, in

which he said he would like to see photos of Veeti's feet, and also

told me he would have another Finnish doctor to train with him and

thanked me for spreading the word about his method. I was so

surprised and pleased to hear from him personally and asking all the

questions about Veeti. It is so amazing that we are still on his

mind. He really genuinely cares about our little ones!! And it always

touches so deep when he once again demonstrates it.

, thank you for letting me know about your discussion with the

Finnish doctor, I was really happy to know that! Let's hope she will

adopt the Ponseti method properly and not moderate it as the first

Finnish Ponseti-trained doctor does. I wonder if moderating is

something they all (newly trained " Ponseti-doctors " ) first do...

I'm embarassed to say that I haven't e-mailed to Dr. Ponseti about

our doctor wanting to decrease the abduction angle in the FAB last

May (we just didn't decrease it:). I'm about to e-mail him soon and I

will then keep you posted on what he says about our little guys feet

and the changes in the angle.

Sanna & Veeti (05/06/02), left clubfoot, FAB 12hrs, treated by Dr.

Ponseti in March 03 after unsuccesful casting in Finland.

PS. OT: Congrats to all the Canadians on winning us in the hockey

World Cup Final!!

> > Hi All!

> >

> > Just returned from an AMAZING day at the clubfoot symposium in

> > Baltimore. What an incredible pleasure it was to meet and

> > Allyson Egbert and Dr. Pirani and many other parents and

doctors.

> > I'm bad with names, so I don't want to leave anyone out! It was

> quite

> > a mindexpanding day! 's presentation about the parents'

> > perspective was very well done.

> >

> > I just want to reassure those parents in attendance that the

> > videotape of the patients was solely for in-house teaching

> purposes

> > for Dr. Herzenberg's use. Actually, I had to run out and get more

> > tapes, so I did not even get to tape all of the cases since my

> tape

> > ran out... I will be giving Dr. Herzenberg all of the videos once

> I

> > transfer the footage to VHS and DVD.

> >

> > The children and parents were phenomenal! It looked pretty

> stressful.

> > I hope everyone's doing okay. There was a lot of discussion

> amongst

> > the doctors about parents' compliance with bracing and how to

help

> > parents comply, but the big controversy was whether or not to use

> > anesthesia for the tenotomy.

> >

> > The doctors who presented their success stories using the method

> were

> > very excited. It was so powerful to see case after case of

> clubfoot

> > with a positive outcome. Pictures do speak volumes.

> >

> > I hope I get to go next year as well!

> > Best, Joanne