Guest guest Posted October 17, 2004 Report Share Posted October 17, 2004 Hello everyone, I am in the main group, but new to this one. My son is being seen by Dr.Lamm & Dr. Herzenberg at Sinai Hospital. I drive from Pa. to see them. His tenotomy cast was taken off on Friday 10/15. He was just getting use to the cast and sleeping close to four hours at a time, now he's trying to adjust to the DBB. He's up every hour or so fussing. He has right club foot, and his first cast was put on in the nursery at Sinai, the day I was discharged from having him. Somehow he keeps getting his foot out of the shoe, I have made them tighter each time, although Dr.Lamm told me to break him in every couple of hours, I would rather him keep them on. he has been so use to sleeping on his side, and now he can't, so now we are back to being sleep deprived. Does anyone know how long it will take for him to get use to the DBB? Liana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Hi I wrote this e-mail on Sunday and it just posted. Sunday night was wonderful, he finally went to sleep for 4 hrs. again(back to his routine). Hopefully tonight will be the same. I am abouto give him a bath, which i love doing. Sunday night I gave him his bath and fed him some rice cereal while he was out of the shoes. He passed out with little fussing after that. Dr. Lamm Is the main one seeing n, but Dr. Herzenberg oversees at times when he is in the country of course. I am also going to be there on Nov. 5th. Thanks for the encouragement and congratulations on getting to the Dbb . Liana Gerace cgerace@...> wrote: Liana, We see Dr. Herzenberg too! Christian was put in the DBB last Thursday (10/14). He was a side sleeper too and I was really afraid of how this was going to work out and believe me the first couple of nights were horrible but he figured out by himself how to turn his legs as if he was sleeping on his stomach and keep his top half of the body sideways. Did that make sense? Anyway, this just happened last night. I think he finally got used to the fact that the shoes weren't coming off. I hope this happens soon for you too. Mommy to 12/17/98 and Christian 1/30/04 _____ From: liana Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 3:58 PM To: nosurgery4clubfoot Subject: dbb Hello everyone, I am in the main group, but new to this one. My son is being seen by Dr.Lamm & Dr. Herzenberg at Sinai Hospital. I drive from Pa. to see them. His tenotomy cast was taken off on Friday 10/15. He was just getting use to the cast and sleeping close to four hours at a time, now he's trying to adjust to the DBB. He's up every hour or so fussing. He has right club foot, and his first cast was put on in the nursery at Sinai, the day I was discharged from having him. Somehow he keeps getting his foot out of the shoe, I have made them tighter each time, although Dr.Lamm told me to break him in every couple of hours, I would rather him keep them on. he has been so use to sleeping on his side, and now he can't, so now we are back to being sleep deprived. Does anyone know how long it will take for him to get use to the DBB? Liana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Hi I wrote this e-mail on Sunday and it just posted. Sunday night was wonderful, he finally went to sleep for 4 hrs. again(back to his routine). Hopefully tonight will be the same. I am abouto give him a bath, which i love doing. Sunday night I gave him his bath and fed him some rice cereal while he was out of the shoes. He passed out with little fussing after that. Dr. Lamm Is the main one seeing n, but Dr. Herzenberg oversees at times when he is in the country of course. I am also going to be there on Nov. 5th. Thanks for the encouragement and congratulations on getting to the Dbb . Liana Gerace cgerace@...> wrote: Liana, We see Dr. Herzenberg too! Christian was put in the DBB last Thursday (10/14). He was a side sleeper too and I was really afraid of how this was going to work out and believe me the first couple of nights were horrible but he figured out by himself how to turn his legs as if he was sleeping on his stomach and keep his top half of the body sideways. Did that make sense? Anyway, this just happened last night. I think he finally got used to the fact that the shoes weren't coming off. I hope this happens soon for you too. Mommy to 12/17/98 and Christian 1/30/04 _____ From: liana Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 3:58 PM To: nosurgery4clubfoot Subject: dbb Hello everyone, I am in the main group, but new to this one. My son is being seen by Dr.Lamm & Dr. Herzenberg at Sinai Hospital. I drive from Pa. to see them. His tenotomy cast was taken off on Friday 10/15. He was just getting use to the cast and sleeping close to four hours at a time, now he's trying to adjust to the DBB. He's up every hour or so fussing. He has right club foot, and his first cast was put on in the nursery at Sinai, the day I was discharged from having him. Somehow he keeps getting his foot out of the shoe, I have made them tighter each time, although Dr.Lamm told me to break him in every couple of hours, I would rather him keep them on. he has been so use to sleeping on his side, and now he can't, so now we are back to being sleep deprived. Does anyone know how long it will take for him to get use to the DBB? Liana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2004 Report Share Posted October 18, 2004 Kate, Thanks for the advice, he is actually doing a little better today. I will keep all of this in mind, if I have any future problems. Liana katelarkinmoore@... wrote: Regarding your son getting his foot out of the shoe, my son had a similar issue (Right club foot). The problem was solved by putting a VERY thin cushion in the back of the shoe just above where his heel is. I would not suggest doing this yourself. Mine was fixed by the man I bought the shoes and DBB from. Once the cushion was in, the problem was solved. Regarding him adjusting to the shoes: my doctor used the following as a guideline: if he fussy but you can soothe him (by picking him up, a pacifier, etc.) then what he's experiencing is just as adjustment to the shoes. If he remains upset, even when you offer things that normally comfort him, then it may be that the shoes are causing him discomfort. You can try taking them off and you may want to call your dr. and have him take a look at the foot. Also, when he sleeps, try putting a small pillow, or a rolled up blanket under his feet. I found that keeping them slightly elevated made my son more comfortable. I hope this helps. Good luck. Kate and Tommy (11/28/03 Right club foot) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 DBB = Dennis Browne Bar, also called FAB for Foot Abduction Brace or Ponseti/ Brace (the brace is the same principle, except for there is a different type of shoes used) It is a pair of shoes connected by a bar. The shoes are set to a specific angle to hold correction of the feet/foot and worn for a set amount of time. Usually 23h/7days for 3 months and then time is decreased gradually. HTH Freeman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 Hi - It stands for Dennis Brown Bar. It is the bar worn with the straight last shoes bolted on each end. It help to keep the dorsiflexion and foot from relapsing. > > Hi everyone! > > I was just curious what DBB stands for. My son has only had the > castings and orthopedic shoes so I was just curious. > > Thank you! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 5, 2005 Report Share Posted January 5, 2005 I think the last one was message #28098. Daiga > > > > > > Hi everyone! > > > > > > I was just curious what DBB stands for. My son has only had the > > > castings and http://www.serverlogic3.com/lm/rtl3.asp? > > si=11&k=orthopedic%20shoes " onmouseover= " window.status='orthopedic > > shoes'; return true; " onmouseout= " window.status=''; return > > true; " >http://www.serverlogic3.com/lm/rtl3.asp? > si=11&k=orthopedic%20shoes " onmouseover= " window.status='orthopedic > shoes'; return true; " onmouseout= " window.status=''; return > true; " >orthopedic shoes so I was just curious. > > > > > > Thank you! > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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