I educated my pediatrician about Dr. Ponseti

[Guest guest]

had his one-year checkup last week and the pediatrician asked

if he had the surgery. He was supposed to have major surgery on his

feet to straighten his bones until I found out about Dr. Ponseti just

in the nick of time. :)Anyway, I told her we found Dr. Mack at

Shriner's Hospital who uses the Ponseti method and didn't need

surgery. She was amazed to learn that it only took 6 casts to correct

his feet and only the tenotomy as opposed to major foot surgery. She

said she would do some research on Dr. Ponseti and definitely let

other patients know about Dr. Mack. I'm happy to know she has the

information so other parents can learn they have a choice over

surgery.

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[Guest guest]

,

That's great news. You might want to print off the Global HELP

booklet for her, or give her the web address for the Global HELP

booklet and Dr. P's virtual hospital site too.

You never know when your initiative will end up helping another

family! Our former pediatrician was a complete Ponseti advocate

after we educated him about it (he'd examined from day one and

was impressed with how her foot turned out in the end).

Regards,

& (3-16-00)

left clubfoot

>

> had his one-year checkup last week and the pediatrician asked

> if he had the surgery. He was supposed to have major surgery on his

> feet to straighten his bones until I found out about Dr. Ponseti

just

> in the nick of time. :)Anyway, I told her we found Dr. Mack at

> Shriner's Hospital who uses the Ponseti method and didn't

need

> surgery. She was amazed to learn that it only took 6 casts to

correct

> his feet and only the tenotomy as opposed to major foot surgery.

She

> said she would do some research on Dr. Ponseti and definitely let

> other patients know about Dr. Mack. I'm happy to know she has the

> information so other parents can learn they have a choice over

> surgery.

>

> and 11/10/03 bilateral clubfeet

[Guest guest]

,

It's great that your pediatrician is so willing to be educated. The

pediatrician is often the first person to diagnose the clubfoot, so the better

educated they can be, the better for the patient.

Our pediatrician, doing what he thought best for Jonah--and trying to spare us

looking at his feet--casted him as soon as he could, about 6 hours after he was

born. However, now that we've educated him, I don't think he'll ever cast a

clubfoot again. He really appreciated the copy of the Global HELP booklet we

gave him. You can download it at:

http://www.global-help.org/publications/cf-english.pdf

We also referred him to a recent paper in the journal Pediatrics. An abstract

is at:

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/113/2/376

Dr Humphrey(our ped) has been really amazed at how well Jonah's feet have turned

out. He has shared our experience with other local pediatricians as well.

All our best to you and . When do those casts come off?

Naomi

The Family

Naomi Hannah(02/21/01) Jonah(06/20/03, bilateral clubfoot, FAB 14/7)

onemorebb tristan2@...> wrote:

had his one-year checkup last week and the pediatrician asked

if he had the surgery. He was supposed to have major surgery on his

feet to straighten his bones until I found out about Dr. Ponseti just

in the nick of time. :)Anyway, I told her we found Dr. Mack at

Shriner's Hospital who uses the Ponseti method and didn't need

surgery. She was amazed to learn that it only took 6 casts to correct

his feet and only the tenotomy as opposed to major foot surgery. She

said she would do some research on Dr. Ponseti and definitely let

other patients know about Dr. Mack. I'm happy to know she has the

information so other parents can learn they have a choice over

surgery.

and 11/10/03 bilateral clubfeet

[Guest guest]

> ,

>

> It's great that your pediatrician is so willing to be educated.

The pediatrician is often the first person to diagnose the clubfoot,

so the better educated they can be, the better for the patient.

> Our pediatrician, doing what he thought best for Jonah--and trying

to spare us looking at his feet--casted him as soon as he could,

about 6 hours after he was born. However, now that we've educated

him, I don't think he'll ever cast a clubfoot again. He really

appreciated the copy of the Global HELP booklet we gave him. You can

download it at:

> http://www.global-help.org/publications/cf-english.pdf

> We also referred him to a recent paper in the journal Pediatrics.

An abstract is at:

> http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/113/2/376

> Dr Humphrey(our ped) has been really amazed at how well Jonah's

feet have turned out. He has shared our experience with other local

pediatricians as well.

>

> All our best to you and . When do those casts come off?

>

> Naomi

> The Family

> Naomi Hannah(02/21/01) Jonah(06/20/03, bilateral clubfoot, FAB

14/7)

The casts come off next Wednesday. Then it's on to the DBB.

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