Sydney update/getting ready for tenotomy!

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I completely understand what you are going through. My son had his tenotomy

May 26 he was 8 weeks old. He did great! The hardest part for me was not being

able to feed him and of course the anesthesia. He was so calm and did not cry

one bit, it is almost as if he knew that this was going to happen. They gave

him a cottle (not sure of the spelling) which is similiar to an epidural so

that it will numb the legs. It is very mild. The surgery takes about 10 minutes

and then your child is sent to recovery, after the baby wakes us they call you

in and you can nurse the baby or feed, they also provide pedialyte for them.

We were prescribed Tylenol with codeine but I only gave it to our son once.

After that he did great! He is now out of the cast and this is the first week

that he has been in the shoes w/the brace. Now, the shoes have been the most

difficult for him to get used to (took all week of crying and no sleep!) He has

now developed some blistering so I have to remove them for a night and see how

his feet heal.

Good luck to you and please let me know how everything goes. I will keep your

baby in my prayers! I know this is difficult and scary for you, I was so

scared and anxious and cried alot but all ended well as it will for your baby

too!

Good Luck and God Bless!

New member from Phx, AZ

[Guest guest]

Hello,

I completely understand what you are going through. My son had his tenotomy

May 26 he was 8 weeks old. He did great! The hardest part for me was not being

able to feed him and of course the anesthesia. He was so calm and did not cry

one bit, it is almost as if he knew that this was going to happen. They gave

him a cottle (not sure of the spelling) which is similiar to an epidural so

that it will numb the legs. It is very mild. The surgery takes about 10 minutes

and then your child is sent to recovery, after the baby wakes us they call you

in and you can nurse the baby or feed, they also provide pedialyte for them.

We were prescribed Tylenol with codeine but I only gave it to our son once.

After that he did great! He is now out of the cast and this is the first week

that he has been in the shoes w/the brace. Now, the shoes have been the most

difficult for him to get used to (took all week of crying and no sleep!) He has

now developed some blistering so I have to remove them for a night and see how

his feet heal.

Good luck to you and please let me know how everything goes. I will keep your

baby in my prayers! I know this is difficult and scary for you, I was so

scared and anxious and cried alot but all ended well as it will for your baby

too!

Good Luck and God Bless!

New member from Phx, AZ

[Guest guest]

P.S forgot to tell you that the 2 hour trip will be great for the baby

because he/she will sleep alot!

Take care

[Guest guest]

P.S forgot to tell you that the 2 hour trip will be great for the baby

because he/she will sleep alot!

Take care

[Guest guest]

We had our fourth appointment with Dr. Dobbs at Shriner's today. He

told us that Sydney's feet were looking great and we are ready for

our tenotomy! Now is the time that my nerves will start jumping

again. I am totally aware of the fact that it is the best thing for

her, but here are some of my questions for those of you who had

infants going through this.

--Is seven weeks seem young to be doing it?

--I know at Children's they dont put the babies completely under but

at Shriner's they do....do the babies seem to handle the anthesia

(cant spell very well ) very well?

--Do they seem very much in pain and what kind of pain meds do they

usually prescribe?

--We have a two hour trip after the surgery....do you guys think

that is too much of a trip to make after a surgery?

I asked these questions today but didnt get very straight answer

becuase every baby is different. I just want some kinda of idea of

what is going on and you guys have provided me with great info so

far. Thanks for all your help.

Sydney 5-25-05 bcf 4th set of casts

[Guest guest]

We had our fourth appointment with Dr. Dobbs at Shriner's today. He

told us that Sydney's feet were looking great and we are ready for

our tenotomy! Now is the time that my nerves will start jumping

again. I am totally aware of the fact that it is the best thing for

her, but here are some of my questions for those of you who had

infants going through this.

--Is seven weeks seem young to be doing it?

--I know at Children's they dont put the babies completely under but

at Shriner's they do....do the babies seem to handle the anthesia

(cant spell very well ) very well?

--Do they seem very much in pain and what kind of pain meds do they

usually prescribe?

--We have a two hour trip after the surgery....do you guys think

that is too much of a trip to make after a surgery?

I asked these questions today but didnt get very straight answer

becuase every baby is different. I just want some kinda of idea of

what is going on and you guys have provided me with great info so

far. Thanks for all your help.

Sydney 5-25-05 bcf 4th set of casts

[Guest guest]

,

Sammy had his tenotomy w/ Dr. Dobbs at 10 weeks, he would have been 8

weeks but had a staph infection so they postponed the procedure.

Actually they do use a general Anesthetic at Children's, Dr. Dobbs

told me that they do because especially at Children's they are all

about making sure the children feel no pain. My son did so well with

Anesthesia you would have never known anything had happened to him.

He woke up, nursed, fell back to sleep, nursed again and then slept

for quite a while. He slept for the 1 hour car ride home. I don't

think a 2 hour drive is too much, it is very likely he will sleep a

lot that day. We were given Tylenol w/ codeine (sp?) and just used

it once, I honestly don't know that it was necessary. After that I

just used regular tylenol.

Hope this helps,

> We had our fourth appointment with Dr. Dobbs at Shriner's today. He

> told us that Sydney's feet were looking great and we are ready for

> our tenotomy! Now is the time that my nerves will start jumping

> again. I am totally aware of the fact that it is the best thing for

> her, but here are some of my questions for those of you who had

> infants going through this.

>

> --Is seven weeks seem young to be doing it?

> --I know at Children's they dont put the babies completely under

but

> at Shriner's they do....do the babies seem to handle the anthesia

> (cant spell very well ) very well?

> --Do they seem very much in pain and what kind of pain meds do they

> usually prescribe?

> --We have a two hour trip after the surgery....do you guys think

> that is too much of a trip to make after a surgery?

>

> I asked these questions today but didnt get very straight answer

> becuase every baby is different. I just want some kinda of idea of

> what is going on and you guys have provided me with great info so

> far. Thanks for all your help.

>

>

> Sydney 5-25-05 bcf 4th set of casts

[Guest guest]

,

Sammy had his tenotomy w/ Dr. Dobbs at 10 weeks, he would have been 8

weeks but had a staph infection so they postponed the procedure.

Actually they do use a general Anesthetic at Children's, Dr. Dobbs

told me that they do because especially at Children's they are all

about making sure the children feel no pain. My son did so well with

Anesthesia you would have never known anything had happened to him.

He woke up, nursed, fell back to sleep, nursed again and then slept

for quite a while. He slept for the 1 hour car ride home. I don't

think a 2 hour drive is too much, it is very likely he will sleep a

lot that day. We were given Tylenol w/ codeine (sp?) and just used

it once, I honestly don't know that it was necessary. After that I

just used regular tylenol.

Hope this helps,

> We had our fourth appointment with Dr. Dobbs at Shriner's today. He

> told us that Sydney's feet were looking great and we are ready for

> our tenotomy! Now is the time that my nerves will start jumping

> again. I am totally aware of the fact that it is the best thing for

> her, but here are some of my questions for those of you who had

> infants going through this.

>

> --Is seven weeks seem young to be doing it?

> --I know at Children's they dont put the babies completely under

but

> at Shriner's they do....do the babies seem to handle the anthesia

> (cant spell very well ) very well?

> --Do they seem very much in pain and what kind of pain meds do they

> usually prescribe?

> --We have a two hour trip after the surgery....do you guys think

> that is too much of a trip to make after a surgery?

>

> I asked these questions today but didnt get very straight answer

> becuase every baby is different. I just want some kinda of idea of

> what is going on and you guys have provided me with great info so

> far. Thanks for all your help.

>

>

> Sydney 5-25-05 bcf 4th set of casts

[Guest guest]

,

My son is also treated by Dr. Dobbs and he also had his tenotomy at

seven weeks old at Shirners under anesthesia. He did fine with

anesthesia. I'm pretty sure we had Tylenol with codeine for pain.

Many people say that their child had hardly any pain with the

tenotomy. However, that wasn't our experience. cried

(actually high pitched screamed) with every bump on the way home. We

had a four hour drive home. It actually took closer to seven hours

because we stopped at every rest stop to get him out and comfort

him. If I had it to do over again, I would have stayed the night in

a hotel and came home the next day because he was doing much better

the next day. Good luck!

Pam and (8-12-01)

> We had our fourth appointment with Dr. Dobbs at Shriner's today. He

> told us that Sydney's feet were looking great and we are ready for

> our tenotomy! Now is the time that my nerves will start jumping

> again. I am totally aware of the fact that it is the best thing for

> her, but here are some of my questions for those of you who had

> infants going through this.

>

> --Is seven weeks seem young to be doing it?

> --I know at Children's they dont put the babies completely under

but

> at Shriner's they do....do the babies seem to handle the anthesia

> (cant spell very well ) very well?

> --Do they seem very much in pain and what kind of pain meds do they

> usually prescribe?

> --We have a two hour trip after the surgery....do you guys think

> that is too much of a trip to make after a surgery?

>

> I asked these questions today but didnt get very straight answer

> becuase every baby is different. I just want some kinda of idea of

> what is going on and you guys have provided me with great info so

> far. Thanks for all your help.

>

>

> Sydney 5-25-05 bcf 4th set of casts

[Guest guest]

,

My son is also treated by Dr. Dobbs and he also had his tenotomy at

seven weeks old at Shirners under anesthesia. He did fine with

anesthesia. I'm pretty sure we had Tylenol with codeine for pain.

Many people say that their child had hardly any pain with the

tenotomy. However, that wasn't our experience. cried

(actually high pitched screamed) with every bump on the way home. We

had a four hour drive home. It actually took closer to seven hours

because we stopped at every rest stop to get him out and comfort

him. If I had it to do over again, I would have stayed the night in

a hotel and came home the next day because he was doing much better

the next day. Good luck!

Pam and (8-12-01)

> We had our fourth appointment with Dr. Dobbs at Shriner's today. He

> told us that Sydney's feet were looking great and we are ready for

> our tenotomy! Now is the time that my nerves will start jumping

> again. I am totally aware of the fact that it is the best thing for

> her, but here are some of my questions for those of you who had

> infants going through this.

>

> --Is seven weeks seem young to be doing it?

> --I know at Children's they dont put the babies completely under

but

> at Shriner's they do....do the babies seem to handle the anthesia

> (cant spell very well ) very well?

> --Do they seem very much in pain and what kind of pain meds do they

> usually prescribe?

> --We have a two hour trip after the surgery....do you guys think

> that is too much of a trip to make after a surgery?

>

> I asked these questions today but didnt get very straight answer

> becuase every baby is different. I just want some kinda of idea of

> what is going on and you guys have provided me with great info so

> far. Thanks for all your help.

>

>

> Sydney 5-25-05 bcf 4th set of casts

[Guest guest]

My daughter had the tenotomy done when she was about the same age. She was the

same after that and the cast as she was after all her other casts (very fussy,

but not more so - and it's unusual I guess for babies to fuss after casts, but

she always did). She was fussy for a day or so afterward too, crying when she

was awake, and then sleeping the rest of the time, hard to get her to even wake

up long enough to eat. Her dr. used the numbing cream on the skin, but did not

use anesthesia. I think I've read that even Dr. Ponseti doesn't use anesthesia,

just the cream. Something about there not being any feeling in the tendon, just

the skin...or maybe the shot for the anesthesia being just as bad as the

tenotomy itself. I do know the scalpel they use is soooo tiny, just barely

larger than a needle and when Janelyse's cast came off you had to look for the

tenotomy site. She didn't even have a drop of blood in her cast! All in all, it

wasn't too bad.

Marcia

Re: Sydney update/getting ready for tenotomy!

Hello,

I completely understand what you are going through. My son had his tenotomy

May 26 he was 8 weeks old. He did great! The hardest part for me was not being

able to feed him and of course the anesthesia. He was so calm and did not cry

one bit, it is almost as if he knew that this was going to happen. They gave

him a cottle (not sure of the spelling) which is similiar to an epidural so

that it will numb the legs. It is very mild. The surgery takes about 10

minutes

and then your child is sent to recovery, after the baby wakes us they call you

in and you can nurse the baby or feed, they also provide pedialyte for them.

We were prescribed Tylenol with codeine but I only gave it to our son once.

After that he did great! He is now out of the cast and this is the first week

that he has been in the shoes w/the brace. Now, the shoes have been the most

difficult for him to get used to (took all week of crying and no sleep!) He

has

now developed some blistering so I have to remove them for a night and see how

his feet heal.

Good luck to you and please let me know how everything goes. I will keep your

baby in my prayers! I know this is difficult and scary for you, I was so

scared and anxious and cried alot but all ended well as it will for your baby

too!

Good Luck and God Bless!

New member from Phx, AZ