Re: update on samantha-Angel Flight

[Guest guest]

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Here is the link for Angel Flight: http://www.angel-flight.org/ It

is in the links section of this group also if you misplace the link

in the future.

If you call them, I'm sure they can explain everything to you. I

have not used them, but others on this group have, so I hope they can

fill you in a little more.

I referenced a " handful " of doctors because of your daughter's age

and the complexity of treating " a-typical " clubfoot if that is indeed

what she has. I just read a post from an Australian mom on another

clubfoot site whose son's foot was diagnosed as " a-typical " by Dr. P

via photos also. She said that Dr. P wrote to her that he's treated

about 20 cases and knows of 20 other cases world-wide. They're just

recently learning more about how to treat difficult feet, in the past

year or so, and not many doctors have experience with it. Most

doctors would consider these feet surgical candidates.

Also, the older the child is, the more difficult it is to obtain

correction.

Just based on what I've read about the various doctors in the U.S.,

this is why I thought that Dr. Dobbs or the docs in Iowa would be

your best bets for putting your daughter in experienced hands to get

the correction in the shortest amount of time. Here's the link to

Angel's website about Kai's a-typical clubfoot:

http://adifferentfoot.freeservers.com/ you might find this

informative too.

Hope this helps!

& (3-16-00)

left clubfoot