Re: 6weeks old baby, last 3 plaster casts fell off!! Help!

[Guest guest]

I completely agree with you. I would only allow the consultant to do the

casting from this point forward. My son was in cast for a total of 3 months,

his never fell off. His casts started at 2 days old.

It is your baby and your final decision on who treats the foot. I would stand

firm an not allow the associate to touch the feet with out the consultants hands

right in the mix of things.

dm

julzdavidsonuk julzdavidsonuk@...> wrote:

Hi,

Ive got a 6week old daughter and she is being treated in the UK

using the Ponsetti Method (Doctor is recommended Ponsetti one). She

has talipes of her right foot.

Her first two casts went very well and didnt fall off. However her

last three since these have slipped completly off!! Yes she seams to

slide her leg completely out! The casts are in perfect condition no

rips or anything.

One of the casts lasted about 27 hours! I put her to bed on an

evening and when she woke in the early hours, I picked her up and

changed her nappy only to find out the cast was missing!! I went

back to her bed and it was lying in it.

Im getting rather frustrated and worried, now as each time she is

left several days without it on due to it being the

weekend,christmas etc.

The first two were done by the Consultant (these stayed on), Due to

the consultant being on holiday, the other three were done by the

person who works closely with him and is experienced in doing the

casts.

Im wondering am I doing something wrong? But my baby isnt that

active as only 3weeks old when 1st one fell off! Could the other

person be doing it wrong? However another child (older 9months) has

been having them done and there cast never fell off.

Am I being awkward if I insist she has no more unless the consultant

assess's her foot and does the next ones?

Has anyone got any experience of casts repeatidly falling off in

such a young baby?

Any help and advice appreciated. Starting to feel like her foot is

never going to get corrected!

Thanks

Julzd and Aurora 6wks.

[Guest guest]

I completely agree with you. I would only allow the consultant to do the

casting from this point forward. My son was in cast for a total of 3 months,

his never fell off. His casts started at 2 days old.

It is your baby and your final decision on who treats the foot. I would stand

firm an not allow the associate to touch the feet with out the consultants hands

right in the mix of things.

dm

julzdavidsonuk julzdavidsonuk@...> wrote:

Hi,

Ive got a 6week old daughter and she is being treated in the UK

using the Ponsetti Method (Doctor is recommended Ponsetti one). She

has talipes of her right foot.

Her first two casts went very well and didnt fall off. However her

last three since these have slipped completly off!! Yes she seams to

slide her leg completely out! The casts are in perfect condition no

rips or anything.

One of the casts lasted about 27 hours! I put her to bed on an

evening and when she woke in the early hours, I picked her up and

changed her nappy only to find out the cast was missing!! I went

back to her bed and it was lying in it.

Im getting rather frustrated and worried, now as each time she is

left several days without it on due to it being the

weekend,christmas etc.

The first two were done by the Consultant (these stayed on), Due to

the consultant being on holiday, the other three were done by the

person who works closely with him and is experienced in doing the

casts.

Im wondering am I doing something wrong? But my baby isnt that

active as only 3weeks old when 1st one fell off! Could the other

person be doing it wrong? However another child (older 9months) has

been having them done and there cast never fell off.

Am I being awkward if I insist she has no more unless the consultant

assess's her foot and does the next ones?

Has anyone got any experience of casts repeatidly falling off in

such a young baby?

Any help and advice appreciated. Starting to feel like her foot is

never going to get corrected!

Thanks

Julzd and Aurora 6wks.

[Guest guest]

I never had experience with this at a young age but my sons cast constantly

fell off when he was older with the same Ponseti doctor applying them.. Turned

out that has Atypical bcf. Dr Herzenberg had to bend his legs 120

degrees instead of the typical 90 degrees for them to stay on and even then they

didn't always. I would recommend sending pics to Dr. Ponseti to see if

perhaps your childs foot is atypical..

Good Luck!

[Guest guest]

I never had experience with this at a young age but my sons cast constantly

fell off when he was older with the same Ponseti doctor applying them.. Turned

out that has Atypical bcf. Dr Herzenberg had to bend his legs 120

degrees instead of the typical 90 degrees for them to stay on and even then they

didn't always. I would recommend sending pics to Dr. Ponseti to see if

perhaps your childs foot is atypical..

Good Luck!

[Guest guest]

Hi - I just replied to this message on steps - do you mind me asking

which hospital you are going to?

Cheers

Stella

>

> Hi,

>

> Ive got a 6week old daughter and she is being treated in the UK

> using the Ponsetti Method (Doctor is recommended Ponsetti one).

She

> has talipes of her right foot.

>

> Her first two casts went very well and didnt fall off. However her

> last three since these have slipped completly off!! Yes she seams

to

> slide her leg completely out! The casts are in perfect condition

no

> rips or anything.

>

> One of the casts lasted about 27 hours! I put her to bed on an

> evening and when she woke in the early hours, I picked her up and

> changed her nappy only to find out the cast was missing!! I went

> back to her bed and it was lying in it.

>

> Im getting rather frustrated and worried, now as each time she is

> left several days without it on due to it being the

> weekend,christmas etc.

>

> The first two were done by the Consultant (these stayed on), Due

to

> the consultant being on holiday, the other three were done by the

> person who works closely with him and is experienced in doing the

> casts.

>

> Im wondering am I doing something wrong? But my baby isnt that

> active as only 3weeks old when 1st one fell off! Could the other

> person be doing it wrong? However another child (older 9months)

has

> been having them done and there cast never fell off.

>

> Am I being awkward if I insist she has no more unless the

consultant

> assess's her foot and does the next ones?

>

> Has anyone got any experience of casts repeatidly falling off in

> such a young baby?

> Any help and advice appreciated. Starting to feel like her foot is

> never going to get corrected!

>

> Thanks

> Julzd and Aurora 6wks.

[Guest guest]

My son's casts kept falling off early on too. I believe it was partly

because the doctor wasn't as experienced as he should have been in the

ponseti method. But mostly I believe it was because my son has

atypical bilateral cf. The doctor had never seen feet that simply

didn't respond to his casting and wouldn't keep the casts on. we went

to see Dr. Ponseti and found out he had atypical, which would result

in lack of progress when treating like a normal clubfoot case.

I don't know if that might be the case for you or not, but it might be

worth it to send pictures to dr. p and talk to your consultant about

the possibility of them being atypical.

Hope this helps,

>

> Hi,

>

> Ive got a 6week old daughter and she is being treated in the UK

> using the Ponsetti Method (Doctor is recommended Ponsetti one). She

> has talipes of her right foot.

>

> Her first two casts went very well and didnt fall off. However her

> last three since these have slipped completly off!! Yes she seams to

> slide her leg completely out! The casts are in perfect condition no

> rips or anything.

>

> One of the casts lasted about 27 hours! I put her to bed on an

> evening and when she woke in the early hours, I picked her up and

> changed her nappy only to find out the cast was missing!! I went

> back to her bed and it was lying in it.

>

> Im getting rather frustrated and worried, now as each time she is

> left several days without it on due to it being the

> weekend,christmas etc.

>

> The first two were done by the Consultant (these stayed on), Due to

> the consultant being on holiday, the other three were done by the

> person who works closely with him and is experienced in doing the

> casts.

>

> Im wondering am I doing something wrong? But my baby isnt that

> active as only 3weeks old when 1st one fell off! Could the other

> person be doing it wrong? However another child (older 9months) has

> been having them done and there cast never fell off.

>

> Am I being awkward if I insist she has no more unless the consultant

> assess's her foot and does the next ones?

>

> Has anyone got any experience of casts repeatidly falling off in

> such a young baby?

> Any help and advice appreciated. Starting to feel like her foot is

> never going to get corrected!

>

> Thanks

> Julzd and Aurora 6wks.

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

My son's casts fell off constantly also. Sometimes after only a few

horurs. It ended up that he has atypical clubfoot and needed to be

treated by a very experienced doctor. I would send some pictures to

Dr. Ponseti. Are his feet very fat andn small?

>

> Hi,

>

> Ive got a 6week old daughter and she is being treated in the UK

> using the Ponsetti Method (Doctor is recommended Ponsetti one).

She

> has talipes of her right foot.

>

> Her first two casts went very well and didnt fall off. However her

> last three since these have slipped completly off!! Yes she seams

to

> slide her leg completely out! The casts are in perfect condition

no

> rips or anything.

>

> One of the casts lasted about 27 hours! I put her to bed on an

> evening and when she woke in the early hours, I picked her up and

> changed her nappy only to find out the cast was missing!! I went

> back to her bed and it was lying in it.

>

> Im getting rather frustrated and worried, now as each time she is

> left several days without it on due to it being the

> weekend,christmas etc.

>

> The first two were done by the Consultant (these stayed on), Due

to

> the consultant being on holiday, the other three were done by the

> person who works closely with him and is experienced in doing the

> casts.

>

> Im wondering am I doing something wrong? But my baby isnt that

> active as only 3weeks old when 1st one fell off! Could the other

> person be doing it wrong? However another child (older 9months)

has

> been having them done and there cast never fell off.

>

> Am I being awkward if I insist she has no more unless the

consultant

> assess's her foot and does the next ones?

>

> Has anyone got any experience of casts repeatidly falling off in

> such a young baby?

> Any help and advice appreciated. Starting to feel like her foot is

> never going to get corrected!

>

> Thanks

> Julzd and Aurora 6wks.

[Guest guest]

HER feet...sorry.

> >

> > Hi,

> >

> > Ive got a 6week old daughter and she is being treated in the UK

> > using the Ponsetti Method (Doctor is recommended Ponsetti one).

> She

> > has talipes of her right foot.

> >

> > Her first two casts went very well and didnt fall off. However

her

> > last three since these have slipped completly off!! Yes she

seams

> to

> > slide her leg completely out! The casts are in perfect condition

> no

> > rips or anything.

> >

> > One of the casts lasted about 27 hours! I put her to bed on an

> > evening and when she woke in the early hours, I picked her up

and

> > changed her nappy only to find out the cast was missing!! I went

> > back to her bed and it was lying in it.

> >

> > Im getting rather frustrated and worried, now as each time she

is

> > left several days without it on due to it being the

> > weekend,christmas etc.

> >

> > The first two were done by the Consultant (these stayed on), Due

> to

> > the consultant being on holiday, the other three were done by

the

> > person who works closely with him and is experienced in doing

the

> > casts.

> >

> > Im wondering am I doing something wrong? But my baby isnt that

> > active as only 3weeks old when 1st one fell off! Could the other

> > person be doing it wrong? However another child (older 9months)

> has

> > been having them done and there cast never fell off.

> >

> > Am I being awkward if I insist she has no more unless the

> consultant

> > assess's her foot and does the next ones?

> >

> > Has anyone got any experience of casts repeatidly falling off in

> > such a young baby?

> > Any help and advice appreciated. Starting to feel like her foot

is

> > never going to get corrected!

> >

> > Thanks

> > Julzd and Aurora 6wks.

[Guest guest]

Julzd,

Three times is telling you that the casts are not being put on

properly! Auora is only 6 weeks old, there is no way she should be

able to wiggle/kick out of a properly applied cast!! If it were my

child, I would insist that the Ponseti trained doctor apply the casts!

Each time the cast comes off and she is without it for a couple of

days, it is impeeding her progress, it's no wonder you are feeling

frustrated, I would be totally pissed off! Remember you are your

child's advocate and need to insist on the best possible care for her.

Do not feel that you are being pushy - We in Canada like you in the

UK sometimes have a hard time with getting the specific doctor etc

etc that we want with our HC systems but be strong...I could see

being a bit hesitant if the cast had come off once, but three times -

you are totally justified in asking for more expert hands!

& Grace 07-21-04

Unilateral RCF DBB 16 hrs

>

> Hi,

>

> Ive got a 6week old daughter and she is being treated in the UK

> using the Ponsetti Method (Doctor is recommended Ponsetti one). She

> has talipes of her right foot.

>

> Her first two casts went very well and didnt fall off. However her

> last three since these have slipped completly off!! Yes she seams

to

> slide her leg completely out! The casts are in perfect condition no

> rips or anything.

>

> One of the casts lasted about 27 hours! I put her to bed on an

> evening and when she woke in the early hours, I picked her up and

> changed her nappy only to find out the cast was missing!! I went

> back to her bed and it was lying in it.

>

> Im getting rather frustrated and worried, now as each time she is

> left several days without it on due to it being the

> weekend,christmas etc.

>

> The first two were done by the Consultant (these stayed on), Due to

> the consultant being on holiday, the other three were done by the

> person who works closely with him and is experienced in doing the

> casts.

>

> Im wondering am I doing something wrong? But my baby isnt that

> active as only 3weeks old when 1st one fell off! Could the other

> person be doing it wrong? However another child (older 9months) has

> been having them done and there cast never fell off.

>

> Am I being awkward if I insist she has no more unless the

consultant

> assess's her foot and does the next ones?

>

> Has anyone got any experience of casts repeatidly falling off in

> such a young baby?

> Any help and advice appreciated. Starting to feel like her foot is

> never going to get corrected!

>

> Thanks

> Julzd and Aurora 6wks.

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Julzd

How frustrating for you. You have probably already thought of what I am about

to say, but can you request someone else with more experience apply the cast.

Surely the person filling in for your consultant is thinking what the **** is

going on and welcome expert advice from a colleague with more experience. At

least you have come to the right place and will be full of questions which I am

sure will blow your doctor away - maybe Auora does have an atypical CF. Our

baby's casts never came off. Do the casts finish up high on the thigh? I have

read that casts applied just above the knee have a tendancy to come off.

Hope you get this resolved sooner rather than later. Good luck

Sharon

giannasmommy2002 nannylulu@...> wrote:

HER feet...sorry.

> >

> > Hi,

> >

> > Ive got a 6week old daughter and she is being treated in the UK

> > using the Ponsetti Method (Doctor is recommended Ponsetti one).

> She

> > has talipes of her right foot.

> >

> > Her first two casts went very well and didnt fall off. However

her

> > last three since these have slipped completly off!! Yes she

seams

> to

> > slide her leg completely out! The casts are in perfect condition

> no

> > rips or anything.

> >

> > One of the casts lasted about 27 hours! I put her to bed on an

> > evening and when she woke in the early hours, I picked her up

and

> > changed her nappy only to find out the cast was missing!! I went

> > back to her bed and it was lying in it.

> >

> > Im getting rather frustrated and worried, now as each time she

is

> > left several days without it on due to it being the

> > weekend,christmas etc.

> >

> > The first two were done by the Consultant (these stayed on), Due

> to

> > the consultant being on holiday, the other three were done by

the

> > person who works closely with him and is experienced in doing

the

> > casts.

> >

> > Im wondering am I doing something wrong? But my baby isnt that

> > active as only 3weeks old when 1st one fell off! Could the other

> > person be doing it wrong? However another child (older 9months)

> has

> > been having them done and there cast never fell off.

> >

> > Am I being awkward if I insist she has no more unless the

> consultant

> > assess's her foot and does the next ones?

> >

> > Has anyone got any experience of casts repeatidly falling off in

> > such a young baby?

> > Any help and advice appreciated. Starting to feel like her foot

is

> > never going to get corrected!

> >

> > Thanks

> > Julzd and Aurora 6wks.