Big kudos to Dr. Schmale and Dr. Mosca in Seattle!

March 15, 2005

I can't be more pleased with the care Olivia received today at

Children's Seattle. We were planning to have her admitted for a

posterior capsulectomy. Dr. Schmale suggested it, so I took Livi to

Dr. Mosca for a 2nd opinion - wondering why we couldn't try another

tenotomy first. Dr. Mosca concurred with Schmale about needing the

capsulectomy - and I decided to just go with it since we didn't have

any other options for docs around here.

Dr. Schmale came into surgery today and said they (Mosca and

Schmale) had discussed Olivia, and decided it would be best to only

do a second tenotomy, because that's what Ponseti recommends! Music

to my ears of course... so instead of an overnight hospital stay and

general anesthesia, we got to go home today!

Livi is doing well. She's NOT happy about being in casts

again...can't stand up anymore. But otherwise she's happy and

cuddly as ever.

I'm glad the docs decided to stick to the Ponseti method - we can

always do more later if needed.

Darby

Livi 3/15/04 bi cf (yes, tenotomy on her birthday!!!)

EDD #2 5/12/05

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