Guest guest Posted September 20, 2004 Report Share Posted September 20, 2004 Joanne!!!!!! I just saw your note about adopting a clubfoot baby in your signature line!!!!!!!! CONGRATS! Do you have an actual child selected, or are you just intending to adopt and waiting for a clubfoot child to be available for adoption? Keep us posted! & > Hi Tam, > Haven't done any research. Here have been my experiences thus far: > > When I went for my OB appointment, I took some info. about Ponseti method. > My doc said I should talk to the nurse because she was going to have a baby > with clubfoot. So I sought her out, and she said, " yes, the baby has > clubfoot, but it will also have spina bifida, and we have no idea how > severe, so I'm putting off doing anything about the clubfoot (like > research), until we get the spina bifida dealt with. " I guess the baby might > not make it, so the clubfoot might not need treatment. > > Also, one of my students' had a sister born with trisomy 18 and clubfeet who > wasn't expected to survive the delivery. She managed to live 8 weeks. > > That's all I can add, but you could start researching by doing a google > search. > > I have been doing " research " on clubfoot treatment in China and have found > out there are several organizations sending teams of doctors/healthcare > workers to lots of developing countries to treat all kinds of health > problems including clubfoot, so I've been emailing them to make sure they > know about the POnseti alternative... > > Hope this helps! > Joanne W. mom to big Zoe, 3-25-01, right clubfoot > starting adoption paperwork TOMORROW for a baby with clubfoot > www.geocities.com/joannewalton2003/clubfootstory.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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