Re: Blisters/inflammation on big toe?

[Guest guest]

,

poor little girl! No fun! I haven't experienced this but others

have in the past or so I've seen here. I wonder if perhaps the new

shoes aren't tight enough at the toes and she's moving about in them

only in the fronts? Here's what I'd do if I were you. I'd take the

area where the sore is and chop it off. First off, those blisters

won't heal if she continues to wear the shoes. If it's just a little

bit of shoe that needs to be cut out so her toe sticks out free it

should be just fine. Heck, these shoes are so sturdy that you could

probably cut half of them off and they'd still stay

together! LOL Sounds like a harsh thing to do but I am fully

convinced that once sores are present you can't keep putting pressure

on that area for a long while. And you can't take the shoes off

either, the risks are too great. Even after sores heal they can be

aggravated by even the slightest pressure/rubbing and come right

back. Has happened to us too many times for me to feel any other

way. So remove the part that's rubbing and watch her toes to see

what may have caused it. If you can tighten up the laces at the

bottom any tighter than you already have them try that too.

Another thing to consider is that the shoes are too wide. They do

make them in narrow and now that she's a bit older perhaps her foot

is slimming down in the front? Look inside the heel and see if your

shoes are marked 1644M or 1644N. I think they make them in the

standard three widths, narrow, medium and wide but they'll say inside

what they are.

Is the strap in the lower slot or the upper one? Perhaps if it's in

the upper one try moving it to the lower one, that seems to be the

best position for most CF in these shoes.

I hope to hear she's healing soon, babies do not need/deserve to have

sores on their feet, ever!!

Kori

At 09:36 AM 10/5/2005, you wrote:

>Hello,

>

>My daughter has been in Markells since 11 weeks (she's now 15 months

>old). Last night, we noticed her left big toe is inflamed and appears

>to have a few blisters. I'm trying to figure out if her Markells

>caused this, or her regular shoes - we're so in the habit of keeping

>her socks on her that we didn't notice this and it makes me wonder how

>long it's been this way! Has anyone ever had big toe issues with the

>Markells? She recently (2 weeks ago) went to a larger size (2 1/2)

>Markells and they are definitely big on her, but she wasn't slipping

>out of them so I thought they were fine.

>

>Her poor toe, it looks so painful, and she lifts her foot when she

>crawls so it won't drag on the floor! No wonder she doesn't want to

>walk.... :-(

>

>Thanks for your help!

>

>daughter Addison, 7/3/04, bcf, FAB 14/7

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

We put our daughter Grace in sandals this summer that almost (I

caught it in the nick of time) caused a major blister. If Addison has

been doing well in the shoes up to this point with no blisters and

she is 15 mos, makes me wonder if it isn't perhaps her regular or

dress shoes that are causing it? Especially if it is at the top of

the toe, makes you think it may be rubbing at the end of her reg

shoes. Poor thing!

There have been tons of discussions on blisters and some great

remedies posted to help them heal faster. Try doing a search of the

archives and these posts should all come up. Hope her tiny little toe

is feeling better soon!!

& Grace

> Hello,

>

> My daughter has been in Markells since 11 weeks (she's now 15

months

> old). Last night, we noticed her left big toe is inflamed and

appears

> to have a few blisters. I'm trying to figure out if her Markells

> caused this, or her regular shoes - we're so in the habit of

keeping

> her socks on her that we didn't notice this and it makes me wonder

how

> long it's been this way! Has anyone ever had big toe issues with

the

> Markells? She recently (2 weeks ago) went to a larger size (2 1/2)

> Markells and they are definitely big on her, but she wasn't

slipping

> out of them so I thought they were fine.

>

> Her poor toe, it looks so painful, and she lifts her foot when she

> crawls so it won't drag on the floor! No wonder she doesn't want

to

> walk.... :-(

>

> Thanks for your help!

>

> daughter Addison, 7/3/04, bcf, FAB 14/7

[Guest guest]

Blisters on the top of the toe? We had these and found they were from the

tongue rubbing on the toe. Either from the tongue being to stiff and hitting

the toe in the wrong spot or the shoe not being laced tight enough. I see Kori

told you to chop the shoes. Great idea. We got a extra large pair on tongues

from the orthotist (from old old shoes) They completely cover the toes-that has

worked well for us. I still recommend Lanisoh lanolin cream on blisters,

specially newly forming and non popped blisters. Rub it on several times a day

and watch them disappear.

Good luck

Blisters/inflammation on big toe?

Hello,

My daughter has been in Markells since 11 weeks (she's now 15 months

old). Last night, we noticed her left big toe is inflamed and appears

to have a few blisters. I'm trying to figure out if her Markells

caused this, or her regular shoes - we're so in the habit of keeping

her socks on her that we didn't notice this and it makes me wonder how

long it's been this way! Has anyone ever had big toe issues with the

Markells? She recently (2 weeks ago) went to a larger size (2 1/2)

Markells and they are definitely big on her, but she wasn't slipping

out of them so I thought they were fine.

Her poor toe, it looks so painful, and she lifts her foot when she

crawls so it won't drag on the floor! No wonder she doesn't want to

walk.... :-(

Thanks for your help!

daughter Addison, 7/3/04, bcf, FAB 14/7

[Guest guest]

Blisters on the top of the toe? We had these and found they were from the

tongue rubbing on the toe. Either from the tongue being to stiff and hitting

the toe in the wrong spot or the shoe not being laced tight enough. I see Kori

told you to chop the shoes. Great idea. We got a extra large pair on tongues

from the orthotist (from old old shoes) They completely cover the toes-that has

worked well for us. I still recommend Lanisoh lanolin cream on blisters,

specially newly forming and non popped blisters. Rub it on several times a day

and watch them disappear.

Good luck

Blisters/inflammation on big toe?

Hello,

My daughter has been in Markells since 11 weeks (she's now 15 months

old). Last night, we noticed her left big toe is inflamed and appears

to have a few blisters. I'm trying to figure out if her Markells

caused this, or her regular shoes - we're so in the habit of keeping

her socks on her that we didn't notice this and it makes me wonder how

long it's been this way! Has anyone ever had big toe issues with the

Markells? She recently (2 weeks ago) went to a larger size (2 1/2)

Markells and they are definitely big on her, but she wasn't slipping

out of them so I thought they were fine.

Her poor toe, it looks so painful, and she lifts her foot when she

crawls so it won't drag on the floor! No wonder she doesn't want to

walk.... :-(

Thanks for your help!

daughter Addison, 7/3/04, bcf, FAB 14/7

[Guest guest]

A couple years ago comes to me and says his little toe hurts. There is

no sign of injury whatsoever, but for another couple days he tells me it hurts

and it's hurting worse so he doesn't want to wear shoes, but still no sign of

any injury but now he remembers he thinks he dropped a rock on it. Still, No

red, no swelling..

.....he goes to spend a week with his dad and calls me hysterical a few days

later his toe hurts so bad, I mean the kid was bawling hysterical it hurt so

bad. If it weren't 600 miles away I would have just gone to get him but still,

I'm thinking " It's just his little toe! "

His dad claims he took to a doctor, but when came home, his toe

was literally rotten. The whole toe, I really did fear amputation at that point

from the severity of the infection that had grown on it.

Wasn't easy but eventually we got him cured. The mystery remained until this

summer speaking to a nurse friend I mentioned all this and she said Gangrene (?)

can start when you pinch a blood vessel off, such as dropping a rock on the toe,

no obvious damage at first but the lack of blood begins to rot the flesh.

Anyway - long story short, these kids sure do get in to stuff we never dream of

or even figure out completely so keep an eye on that red foot.

s.

Re: Blisters/inflammation on big toe?

Thanks, everyone, for the advice. We had her 15 mo dr appt today,

and it's actually not a blister. But the redness is spreading and

her big toe is pretty " puffy. " I thought it may be an ingrown

toenail (she has those darn weird toenails!), but the doc thinks she

has some sort of skin infection. She gave us antibiotics, but she

says that if we don't see improvement or at least no further

spreading by tomorrow, I'll have to take her in again and they may

have to do IV antibiotics. Fun fun.

I'm really beginning to think this is not from her Markells. She's

had absolutely NO problems up until now. The new Markells fit her

fine and I don't see anything rubbing on the toe....plus, this is

really more on the inside of her toe, and on the bottom. Who

knows???!!!

> > Hello,

> >

> > My daughter has been in Markells since 11 weeks (she's now 15

> months

> > old). Last night, we noticed her left big toe is inflamed and

> appears

> > to have a few blisters. I'm trying to figure out if her

Markells

> > caused this, or her regular shoes - we're so in the habit of

> keeping

> > her socks on her that we didn't notice this and it makes me

wonder

> how

> > long it's been this way! Has anyone ever had big toe issues

with

> the

> > Markells? She recently (2 weeks ago) went to a larger size (2

1/2)

> > Markells and they are definitely big on her, but she wasn't

> slipping

> > out of them so I thought they were fine.

> >

> > Her poor toe, it looks so painful, and she lifts her foot when

she

> > crawls so it won't drag on the floor! No wonder she doesn't

want

> to

> > walk.... :-(

> >

> > Thanks for your help!

> >

> > daughter Addison, 7/3/04, bcf, FAB 14/7

[Guest guest]

Thanks, everyone, for the advice. We had her 15 mo dr appt today,

and it's actually not a blister. But the redness is spreading and

her big toe is pretty " puffy. " I thought it may be an ingrown

toenail (she has those darn weird toenails!), but the doc thinks she

has some sort of skin infection. She gave us antibiotics, but she

says that if we don't see improvement or at least no further

spreading by tomorrow, I'll have to take her in again and they may

have to do IV antibiotics. Fun fun.

I'm really beginning to think this is not from her Markells. She's

had absolutely NO problems up until now. The new Markells fit her

fine and I don't see anything rubbing on the toe....plus, this is

really more on the inside of her toe, and on the bottom. Who

knows???!!!

> > Hello,

> >

> > My daughter has been in Markells since 11 weeks (she's now 15

> months

> > old). Last night, we noticed her left big toe is inflamed and

> appears

> > to have a few blisters. I'm trying to figure out if her

Markells

> > caused this, or her regular shoes - we're so in the habit of

> keeping

> > her socks on her that we didn't notice this and it makes me

wonder

> how

> > long it's been this way! Has anyone ever had big toe issues

with

> the

> > Markells? She recently (2 weeks ago) went to a larger size (2

1/2)

> > Markells and they are definitely big on her, but she wasn't

> slipping

> > out of them so I thought they were fine.

> >

> > Her poor toe, it looks so painful, and she lifts her foot when

she

> > crawls so it won't drag on the floor! No wonder she doesn't

want

> to

> > walk.... :-(

> >

> > Thanks for your help!

> >

> > daughter Addison, 7/3/04, bcf, FAB 14/7

[Guest guest]

Thanks. I'm going to see if the antibiotics help first before I

chop up her shoes, but I'm open to it!

I was told by the orthotics department that the medium and narrow

shoes don't differ too much. Personally, I cannot stand the

Orthotics Dept at Children's here in Seattle. I'm thinking about

ordering shoes through Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - they were

so much easier to deal with, I never had insurance problems, and

their costs were so much cheaper with the insurance co and than with

Children's Seattle! Seattle's negotiated rates are crap. Since

we're just getting shoes from now on, I'm wondering if that would be

possible?

Also, one other question - the Seattle Orthotics dept told me that I

would not need anymore bars - she's currently using the gold one,

bent in the middle. Is this true? If so, I'm thinking the shoes

could potentially come from anywhere.

Thanks!

> >Hello,

> >

> >My daughter has been in Markells since 11 weeks (she's now 15

months

> >old). Last night, we noticed her left big toe is inflamed and

appears

> >to have a few blisters. I'm trying to figure out if her Markells

> >caused this, or her regular shoes - we're so in the habit of

keeping

> >her socks on her that we didn't notice this and it makes me

wonder how

> >long it's been this way! Has anyone ever had big toe issues with

the

> >Markells? She recently (2 weeks ago) went to a larger size (2

1/2)

> >Markells and they are definitely big on her, but she wasn't

slipping

> >out of them so I thought they were fine.

> >

> >Her poor toe, it looks so painful, and she lifts her foot when she

> >crawls so it won't drag on the floor! No wonder she doesn't want

to

> >walk.... :-(

> >

> >Thanks for your help!

> >

> >daughter Addison, 7/3/04, bcf, FAB 14/7

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

At 09:14 PM 10/5/2005, you wrote:

>Thanks. I'm going to see if the antibiotics help first before I

>chop up her shoes, but I'm open to it!

haha! Good call lol. If you don't need to chop them by all means don't!

>I was told by the orthotics department that the medium and narrow

>shoes don't differ too much. Personally, I cannot stand the

>Orthotics Dept at Children's here in Seattle.

So far... no one can stand them lol! They aren't getting a very good

reputation here that's for sure!

> I'm thinking about

>ordering shoes through Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - they were

>so much easier to deal with, I never had insurance problems, and

>their costs were so much cheaper with the insurance co and than with

>Children's Seattle! Seattle's negotiated rates are crap. Since

>we're just getting shoes from now on, I'm wondering if that would be

>possible?

Couldn't you get them from about any orthotics shop? As long as you

have a script, any of them in town should be able to order

them. They cost what? A whole $90? Paying any more is ludicrous if

you ask me. They simply do not cost that much. If you can't find

anyone to get them for you up there, try Portland. Doernbecher has

an orthotics shop who I'm sure would be happy to order you in a

pair. And shipping? I shipped a pair of shoes to the UK for

something like $8 and they arrived in about a week. From here to

there... I'd even pick them up for you and put them in the mail if

you need. Check around and see where you can get them.

>Also, one other question - the Seattle Orthotics dept told me that I

>would not need anymore bars - she's currently using the gold one,

>bent in the middle. Is this true? If so, I'm thinking the shoes

>could potentially come from anywhere.

>

ummmm... what exactly are they saying? That she won't

grow? duh! Sorry, but she'll need new bars. When Darbi's red

adjustable bar broke this spring I had to go back to the gold bar

(Angel gave me Kai's old red bar) because that's all Shriners carries

here. But it was too short, by about half an inch or so. There was

a big issue between me and the orthotist (not our regular orthotist

who told me to come in and get it taken care of on his day off) who

insisted that the bar was just *fine*. She kept measuring her

shoulders and then measuring the bar and insisting it was not too

short. They didn't have a longer bar at the time. Boy did I get

into it with this woman. Darbi had started night waking and when

that happens I know it's time for a new bar. See I'm not stupid and

this is MY child and I know a thing or two about this brace

darnit! She needed a longer bar! My idea was to put two bars

together with hose clamps or screws and *make* a longer bar but this

woman apparently didn't want to work that hard to do it for us (she

actually said " I'll have to do some work to make that " - well aren't

you getting paid to do *work* in the orthotics shop

lady?? huh?? grrr...). All that aside, I did get the bar fixed and

we came home with a makeshift adjustable bar with hose clamps. They

had to cut off one end each on two bars and then clamp them

together. Simple solution which I actually kinda like if it weren't

for the hose clamps (ouch!). This was in... I'm thinking April or

May this year. Since then we've moved to the PM's but now they're

broken and she's back in her Markells till I get new shoes for

her. OK, they're missing in my house lol! I have no idea what I did

with them yesterday morning after she walked to me in them, doh! So

anyway, last night wasn't a total success. She was hurting at 2am

and I took them off at 3am. I put them back on in the am but then

*she* took them off <grumble...> another nice thing about the PM's

is that she cannot get them off herself - I like that a lot. So

tonight (still can't find her PM's) I started to put them on and

thought I'd better check the length. Sure enough, they were well

inside her shoulders and when I adjusted it I'd made it at least an

inch longer. So in a little over 4mo's she grew enough to need a

whole inch difference. Darbi has had many adjustments in the past 2

years because children grow!! Don't tell me your child will never

get any bigger! What are they thinking with that anyway? Dorks!

OK - silly me typing away all this stuff... could have said... yes

she'll need new bars, she's going to grow isn't she? lol! But then

again you could do the same thing as we've got here... take two of

your old bars, cut off one end and clamp them together. Then you

wouldn't need a new bar lol! Of course bar padding is essential with

this one. hose clamps are sharp!

HTH - next time you're down south here (if that ever happens) you'll

have to give me a call or email so we can meet for coffee or something!

(oh - I just re-read your post a bit... bent in the middle? Are

they idiots? Go back and tell them you want it bent in two places

near the shoes. They will have to chuck this new bar and give you a

new one. DO NOT pay for a new bar, their mistake. Bent in the

middle... how is she supposed to walk in them with it bent that

way? MAke the middle part flat so she can stand! If you need

pictures, let me know. It JUST MAKES SENSE! OK yeah, I think

they're idiots now for sure. Does Dr. Mosca know they have their

heads in the sand on this stuff or what?)

Kori

>Thanks!

>

>

>

>

> > >Hello,

> > >

> > >My daughter has been in Markells since 11 weeks (she's now 15

>months

> > >old). Last night, we noticed her left big toe is inflamed and

>appears

> > >to have a few blisters. I'm trying to figure out if her Markells

> > >caused this, or her regular shoes - we're so in the habit of

>keeping

> > >her socks on her that we didn't notice this and it makes me

>wonder how

> > >long it's been this way! Has anyone ever had big toe issues with

>the

> > >Markells? She recently (2 weeks ago) went to a larger size (2

>1/2)

> > >Markells and they are definitely big on her, but she wasn't

>slipping

> > >out of them so I thought they were fine.

> > >

> > >Her poor toe, it looks so painful, and she lifts her foot when she

> > >crawls so it won't drag on the floor! No wonder she doesn't want

>to

> > >walk.... :-(

> > >

> > >Thanks for your help!

> > >

> > >daughter Addison, 7/3/04, bcf, FAB 14/7

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

[Guest guest]

,

Jonah had a skin infection of some kind on one foot this summer. He

got these little pimply bumps and patches of puffy pink skin. The

antibiotics cleared it up right quick. I also chopped the toes off a

bunch of pairs of socks that were a couple of sizes too big. That

way, he could wear those with the FAB and get some airflow in there.

What's with this group and the chopping anyway?

You can get the Markell shoes through just about any shoe shop. Some

people even get them through Stride Rite. I think you can go through

shoe shops to get the bars as well. Call around.

Does she have an " adjustable " gold bar? That is, one with 6 holes in

it? If so, it may be true that she'll never need a new bar. Still,

it's better--IMO--to have it bent at the ends so that it's more

stable for standing in.

We come up to Seattle a couple of times a year to visit family. We'd

love to meet up for a cup of coffee or something.

Naomi

The Family

Naomi Hannah(02/21/01) Jonah(06/20/03, corrected bilateral

clubfoot, FAB 14/7)

> Thanks, everyone, for the advice. We had her 15 mo dr appt today,

> and it's actually not a blister. But the redness is spreading and

> her big toe is pretty " puffy. " I thought it may be an ingrown

> toenail (she has those darn weird toenails!), but the doc thinks

she

> has some sort of skin infection. She gave us antibiotics, but she

> says that if we don't see improvement or at least no further

> spreading by tomorrow, I'll have to take her in again and they may

> have to do IV antibiotics. Fun fun.

>

> I'm really beginning to think this is not from her Markells. She's

> had absolutely NO problems up until now. The new Markells fit her

> fine and I don't see anything rubbing on the toe....plus, this is

> really more on the inside of her toe, and on the bottom. Who

> knows???!!!

>

>