looking for doctor near detroit

[Guest guest]

Hi I have been reading all the posts from the group for the last 16

weeks,ever since we found out that our baby had a club foot at our

18 week ultrasound. this is our 9th child, our second child (she is

now 14 and a great athlete) was born with bilateral clubfeet and not

knowing of any other options we had it corrected with surgrey. with

this child we wanted to see what else was out there in treament

opitions since it had been a while. When we came across this group

and read everthing we could about the method we knew this is the way

we want to go. We have even been in touch with Dr. Poncetti. We were

set to make the trip to Iowa from detroit even if it ment some time

way from the kids because we want the best for this child. However my

water broke at30 weeks and I have been in the hospital for the last

month. needless to say it has been very trying on my husband and

kids. I gave birth to ababy boy this past sunday. Because he was 51/2

weeks early he will have to stay in the hospital alittle longer than

normal but we do want to get his treatment underway. since I have

spent so much time away from the family Ifeel I must look at more

local doctors for our son. Detroit is just about equal distance from

Grand Rapids and Cleveland Ohio. Iwas wondering if anyone out there

has any experiance with either Dr. in Grand Rapids or the Dr.

that practices out of Rainbow Babies Childrens Hospital in Cleveland.

We would be very greatful for any information about these doctors.

Thank You, Leah

[Guest guest]

I see Dr. Maples in Grand Rapids. She has studied under Dr. Ponsetti and

is working on compiling the needed information to send into Dr. Ponsetti

to be labeled " Ponsetti certified " and listed on his website. She is

actually using my son in her portfolio. She is wonderful and is located

at Freebed Rehabilitation Hospital. My husband and I really, really

like her. I also have a friend that had a baby with bcf a month before us

that started going to her after I suggested it, since they didn't like the

doctor they were seeing. I know that she will meet with you before she

starts treatment to go over the procedure. She is great at explaining

things. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask. I can also

send pictures of my son's foot and how it looks.

hope this helps.

angie

Porter

Crystal Elementary

Resource Room

[Guest guest]

Leah,

My name is Carolyn and my son Bruce was born with bilateral clubfeet in November

of 2002. We go to Children's Hospital in Detroit to Dr. Mendelow. He

follows the ponseti method right down to the bracing time. He is a wonderful

doctor and we have had a great experience with him. He has been using the

ponseti method for many years. As to why he is not on Dr. Ponseti's list, I

can't say why, but he is very good and he even goes over to other countries

where treatment is not available to treat children with clubfeet. If you would

like more information, please feel free to contact me.

Carolyn and Bruce (11-17-02)

looking for doctor near detroit

Hi I have been reading all the posts from the group for the last 16

weeks,ever since we found out that our baby had a club foot at our

18 week ultrasound. this is our 9th child, our second child (she is

now 14 and a great athlete) was born with bilateral clubfeet and not

knowing of any other options we had it corrected with surgrey. with

this child we wanted to see what else was out there in treament

opitions since it had been a while. When we came across this group

and read everthing we could about the method we knew this is the way

we want to go. We have even been in touch with Dr. Poncetti. We were

set to make the trip to Iowa from detroit even if it ment some time

way from the kids because we want the best for this child. However my

water broke at30 weeks and I have been in the hospital for the last

month. needless to say it has been very trying on my husband and

kids. I gave birth to ababy boy this past sunday. Because he was 51/2

weeks early he will have to stay in the hospital alittle longer than

normal but we do want to get his treatment underway. since I have

spent so much time away from the family Ifeel I must look at more

local doctors for our son. Detroit is just about equal distance from

Grand Rapids and Cleveland Ohio. Iwas wondering if anyone out there

has any experiance with either Dr. in Grand Rapids or the Dr.

that practices out of Rainbow Babies Childrens Hospital in Cleveland.

We would be very greatful for any information about these doctors.

Thank You, Leah

[Guest guest]

My son (17 mon) sees Dr Craig at University of Michgan. Dr Craig

also used Ponseti method for my son's treatment, althrough I have to

say he might not follow the method 100%, however my son has responded

very well to Dr Craig's treatment, and his feet are perfectly

corrected by Dr Craig.

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> Hi I have been reading all the posts from the group for the last 16

> weeks,ever since we found out that our baby had a club foot at our

> 18 week ultrasound. this is our 9th child, our second child (she is

> now 14 and a great athlete) was born with bilateral clubfeet and

not

> knowing of any other options we had it corrected with surgrey. with

> this child we wanted to see what else was out there in treament

> opitions since it had been a while. When we came across this group

> and read everthing we could about the method we knew this is the

way

> we want to go. We have even been in touch with Dr. Poncetti. We

were

> set to make the trip to Iowa from detroit even if it ment some time

> way from the kids because we want the best for this child. However

my

> water broke at30 weeks and I have been in the hospital for the last

> month. needless to say it has been very trying on my husband and

> kids. I gave birth to ababy boy this past sunday. Because he was

51/2

> weeks early he will have to stay in the hospital alittle longer

than

> normal but we do want to get his treatment underway. since I have

> spent so much time away from the family Ifeel I must look at more

> local doctors for our son. Detroit is just about equal distance

from

> Grand Rapids and Cleveland Ohio. Iwas wondering if anyone out there

> has any experiance with either Dr. in Grand Rapids or the Dr.

> that practices out of Rainbow Babies Childrens Hospital in

Cleveland.

> We would be very greatful for any information about these doctors.

> Thank You, Leah