Re: To castlady...........

[Guest guest]

So nice to hear from you,

I do remember you! I am so sorry about Calvins AND your year. Who

are you seeing at Gillette? I would sure request a good bout of

casting before surgery. Did they put him in an AFO? Maybe he could

wear the shoes and bar at night if he will tolerate them.

I get my clubfoot fix here on the boards and that helps. I really

miss the babies. The planning for this Philippine mission is helpful

and I hope I can make it work in the next year.

I am working with Dr. Neil who is a general Orthopedic

surgeon in Burnsville with Orthopedic Consultants. If you have any

other Ortho needs give me a call. I would be very happy to take a

look/feel of Calvins feet if you would like.

Best to you all,

Beth

>

> Hi Beth, I haven't been on here in a REALLY long time. You might

> remember us, my son is Calvin and we were living in Japan and were

> treated by Dr. Ponseti, then relocated to Minneapolis. I met you at

> Gillette.

>

> Are you still at Gillette? I asked and they said you had left. I

saw

> your posts about the Philippines projects and wondered what you are

> doing now.

>

> We've had a bit of a HORRIBLE year. Calvin broke his femur and

spent

> 8 weeks in a full body cast. We took him to Children's here and he

> was treated by an on call doctor. About a a month after the spica

> cast came off he suffered a hairline fracture of the distal tibia of

> the same leg, and we took him to Gillette. He was in a walking

cast.

>

> He's been out of that cast for about 6 weeks now and is still

limping

> a bit. We were on a road trip last week and I decided to take him

to

> Iowa to see what Dr. P. had to say. Dr. P. is concerned about the

> right foot and thinks that the spica foot may have messed up that

foot

> a bit. He put us back in the shoes (Calvin is now 4 1/2 and the

Drs.

> at Gillette had recommended against that and gave us something else)

> and wants us to watch his foot. He thinks he may need the ATT

> surgery. Big bummer, but we'll see how it goes. He also has an

> appointment scheduled in April at Gillette as a follow-up for all

of this.

>

> Anyway I was just curious what you are up to with clubfoot if you

> aren't at Gillette anymore.

>

> Jen

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Jen,

Just wanted to say hi to you and Calvin! It's good to hear from you

again. I am SO sorry he has had such a rough year.. poor little guy!

I know that a femur break is very serious.. how did it happen? What a

shame! it's good that you were able to get him to Dr. P for a look..

So, is Calvin wearing the FAB?

I hope that he heals well and that ATTT proves to not be needed..

Take care and please let us know how he does,

your old friends

and Claire, age 5 1/2

>

> Hi Beth, I haven't been on here in a REALLY long time. You might

> remember us, my son is Calvin and we were living in Japan and were

> treated by Dr. Ponseti, then relocated to Minneapolis. I met you at

> Gillette.

>

> Are you still at Gillette? I asked and they said you had left. I

saw

> your posts about the Philippines projects and wondered what you are

> doing now.

>

> We've had a bit of a HORRIBLE year. Calvin broke his femur and

spent

> 8 weeks in a full body cast. We took him to Children's here and he

> was treated by an on call doctor. About a a month after the spica

> cast came off he suffered a hairline fracture of the distal tibia of

> the same leg, and we took him to Gillette. He was in a walking

cast.

>

> He's been out of that cast for about 6 weeks now and is still

limping

> a bit. We were on a road trip last week and I decided to take him

to

> Iowa to see what Dr. P. had to say. Dr. P. is concerned about the

> right foot and thinks that the spica foot may have messed up that

foot

> a bit. He put us back in the shoes (Calvin is now 4 1/2 and the

Drs.

> at Gillette had recommended against that and gave us something else)

> and wants us to watch his foot. He thinks he may need the ATT

> surgery. Big bummer, but we'll see how it goes. He also has an

> appointment scheduled in April at Gillette as a follow-up for all

of this.

>

> Anyway I was just curious what you are up to with clubfoot if you

> aren't at Gillette anymore.

>

> Jen

>

[Guest guest]

Yes I know Dr. Fisher well, I spent time at the Centennial lakes

office with another surgeon from March 2004 to Nov. 2005. I used to

beg Dr. Fisher to call me when he had these femur fractures because I

really loved constructing the spica casts (I must say I'm pretty good

at it ;>).

I was probably in the clinic during one of your visits, Wish I had

known.

Feel free to call any time

Beth

> > >

> > > Hi Beth, I haven't been on here in a REALLY long time. You

might

> > > remember us, my son is Calvin and we were living in Japan and

were

> > > treated by Dr. Ponseti, then relocated to Minneapolis. I met

you at

> > > Gillette.

> > >

> > > Are you still at Gillette? I asked and they said you had

left. I

> > saw

> > > your posts about the Philippines projects and wondered what you

are

> > > doing now.

> > >

> > > We've had a bit of a HORRIBLE year. Calvin broke his femur and

> > spent

> > > 8 weeks in a full body cast. We took him to Children's here

and he

> > > was treated by an on call doctor. About a a month after the

spica

> > > cast came off he suffered a hairline fracture of the distal

tibia of

> > > the same leg, and we took him to Gillette. He was in a walking

> > cast.

> > >

> > > He's been out of that cast for about 6 weeks now and is still

> > limping

> > > a bit. We were on a road trip last week and I decided to take

him

> > to

> > > Iowa to see what Dr. P. had to say. Dr. P. is concerned about

the

> > > right foot and thinks that the spica foot may have messed up

that

> > foot

> > > a bit. He put us back in the shoes (Calvin is now 4 1/2 and

the

> > Drs.

> > > at Gillette had recommended against that and gave us something

else)

> > > and wants us to watch his foot. He thinks he may need the ATT

> > > surgery. Big bummer, but we'll see how it goes. He also has an

> > > appointment scheduled in April at Gillette as a follow-up for

all

> > of this.

> > >

> > > Anyway I was just curious what you are up to with clubfoot if

you

> > > aren't at Gillette anymore.

> > >

> > > Jen

> > >

> >

>