Jayson's Checkup -- Empty Heel?

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My son Jayson had his first checkup after being placed into Markell

shoes/gold bar a couple days ago. When we took the shoes off and Dr.

Ward (Children's hospital of Pittsburgh) took a gander at Jayson's

club foot, he seemed a bit concerned and ordered an X-ray. After the

X-ray came back, he informed us that Jayson's heel bone (sorry, about

the non-technical terms) is very high, thus essentially giving him an

" empty " heel.

His heel is very spongy and " empty " . You can feel the heel bone very

high on the back of the foot. Dr. Ward suggested that we let it ride

for 2 months until his next checkup, and then go from there. This is

very disconcerting to my wife and I.

I'm not sure if after his tenotomy, the final cast was not properly

placed on the foot, or if his heel tightened up after the shoes were

put on.

Is this condition a normal occurrence? Should I highly be considering

a second opinion? Dr. Ward is not Ponsetti approved, but practices the

procedure. Unfortunately there is no Ponsetti Dr. very close to

Pittsburgh, from what I can tell. Should I take pictures and send them

to Dr. Ponsetti? Should I attempt to obtain the digital copy of

Jayson's X-ray to forward along?

I'm very worried. Hope somebody can offer some advice or confirm that

this is a common occurrence.

Thanks a ton!

-BJ

[Guest guest]

My son Jayson had his first checkup after being placed into Markell

shoes/gold bar a couple days ago. When we took the shoes off and Dr.

Ward (Children's hospital of Pittsburgh) took a gander at Jayson's

club foot, he seemed a bit concerned and ordered an X-ray. After the

X-ray came back, he informed us that Jayson's heel bone (sorry, about

the non-technical terms) is very high, thus essentially giving him an

" empty " heel.

His heel is very spongy and " empty " . You can feel the heel bone very

high on the back of the foot. Dr. Ward suggested that we let it ride

for 2 months until his next checkup, and then go from there. This is

very disconcerting to my wife and I.

I'm not sure if after his tenotomy, the final cast was not properly

placed on the foot, or if his heel tightened up after the shoes were

put on.

Is this condition a normal occurrence? Should I highly be considering

a second opinion? Dr. Ward is not Ponsetti approved, but practices the

procedure. Unfortunately there is no Ponsetti Dr. very close to

Pittsburgh, from what I can tell. Should I take pictures and send them

to Dr. Ponsetti? Should I attempt to obtain the digital copy of

Jayson's X-ray to forward along?

I'm very worried. Hope somebody can offer some advice or confirm that

this is a common occurrence.

Thanks a ton!

-BJ