Re: Kori you were right, of course! : )

[Guest guest]

Where is Kori anyway? She has been conspicuously absent the last day

or so hasn't she...? I can't believe I didn't even get an " I told

you so " , lol, after this lengthy post.

allison

>

> Kori,

> I just had to tell you how right you were about using the Markell's

> properly! You are the queen of all things shoe/brace related, I

will

> bow to your instructions in the future!! : )

> Sammy's daycare broke the strap on one of his AFO's yesterday so I

had

> to pull out the Markell's and I put them on our Dobb's brace. He

> couldn't be happier in them -- I drilled holes in the heels and took

> out that dumb plastizode and we are happy campers. And I don't know

> if this is just a coincidence or what, but he has been stubbornly

> refusing to roll from his tummy to his back in the brace but

suddenly

> this morning w/ the Markell's on instead of the AFO's he starts

> rolling over like crazy! I really am wondering if it has something

to

> do with the not being able to move his ankles thing.

> I just know I was not getting the heels down when he got his sores,

> and I am glad Dr. Dobbs gave us the AFO's as another alternative,

but

> I'm starting to think that maybe we will stick w/ the Markell's

now...

> We'll have to see if the shoes bother him at all today. I think my

> issues with the shoes both before and after the sores was that I was

> having a hard time because of 1) tenderness after just getting out

of

> the cast, 2) just general baby foot floppiness, 3) plastizode was

> doing more harm than good -- it was just in the way of getting the

> heel down, not really helping cushion at all!, 4) my own

stubbornness

> at wanting to blame the shoes and not myself. I just felt so

> prepared for the shoes after reading the tips sheet a million times

> but then when he got the sores after 1 day in the shoes I just

freaked

> out (even though it was my own fault for not cutting out the

heels)!

> But now that I'm a cut out heel convert, and his foot has been out

of

> casts for a while and isn't so tiny and floppy I think the shoes may

> be just fine!

> Oh and I also should add that I think another drawback on the AFO's

is

> the strap breaking thing, this is our second one to break. Luckily

I

> work very close to the orthotics shop but this could definitely be

an

> issue for parents who have to travel at all to get their shoes and

braces.

>

> Thanks for all your support and words of wisdom!

>

[Guest guest]

I would love to have the most recent copy of the tips in a word doc.

You can send it to me at grindona@... . And my offer still

stands if you need any help w/ making it a compressed pdf file when

you are done.

Oh, also I have been thinking from some of the recent posts, that we

need a close-up picture of the bottom of the shoe with details on how

to set up the angle. I can take some pictures, add some details and

send them to you for the tips document and post them on CFpics as

well. Unless you already have some good pics of this??

I have also just emailed Dr. Dobbs about what we've been up to w/ the

shoes as well as the comments I've received from the group on the AFO

subject. I think he is usually in the OR on Fridays but I should

hear back from him by monday I'm sure so I will let you know his

responses.

Thanks,

> > >

> > > Kori,

> > > I just had to tell you how right you were about using the

Markell's

> > > properly! You are the queen of all things shoe/brace related, I

> >will

> > > bow to your instructions in the future!! : )

> > > Sammy's daycare broke the strap on one of his AFO's yesterday

so I

> >had

> > > to pull out the Markell's and I put them on our Dobb's brace.

He

> > > couldn't be happier in them -- I drilled holes in the heels and

took

> > > out that dumb plastizode and we are happy campers. And I don't

know

> > > if this is just a coincidence or what, but he has been

stubbornly

> > > refusing to roll from his tummy to his back in the brace but

> >suddenly

> > > this morning w/ the Markell's on instead of the AFO's he starts

> > > rolling over like crazy! I really am wondering if it has

something

> >to

> > > do with the not being able to move his ankles thing.

> > > I just know I was not getting the heels down when he got his

sores,

> > > and I am glad Dr. Dobbs gave us the AFO's as another

alternative,

> >but

> > > I'm starting to think that maybe we will stick w/ the Markell's

> >now...

> > > We'll have to see if the shoes bother him at all today. I

think my

> > > issues with the shoes both before and after the sores was that

I was

> > > having a hard time because of 1) tenderness after just getting

out

> >of

> > > the cast, 2) just general baby foot floppiness, 3) plastizode

was

> > > doing more harm than good -- it was just in the way of getting

the

> > > heel down, not really helping cushion at all!, 4) my own

> >stubbornness

> > > at wanting to blame the shoes and not myself. I just felt so

> > > prepared for the shoes after reading the tips sheet a million

times

> > > but then when he got the sores after 1 day in the shoes I just

> >freaked

> > > out (even though it was my own fault for not cutting out the

> >heels)!

> > > But now that I'm a cut out heel convert, and his foot has been

out

> >of

> > > casts for a while and isn't so tiny and floppy I think the

shoes may

> > > be just fine!

> > > Oh and I also should add that I think another drawback on the

AFO's

> >is

> > > the strap breaking thing, this is our second one to break.

Luckily

> >I

> > > work very close to the orthotics shop but this could definitely

be

> >an

> > > issue for parents who have to travel at all to get their shoes

and

> >braces.

> > >

> > > Thanks for all your support and words of wisdom!

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >