Re: When do foot/calf size differences show up?

[Guest guest]

Hi Nicki,

Congrats on the transition to the Ponseti/s'

My dughter also has unilateral LCF and her calf was noticeable from

an early age (at leat to me it was!). Her doctor (Dr. Herzenberg in

Baltimore, MD) made mention of it for the first time at her last

appointment in June saying that it was a pronounced difference now

and would be lifelong and possibly more noticeable as she grows.

Her foot has been 1 - 1.5 shoe size different since her first pair

of real shoes.

My friends all say that if they didn't know to look for it, they

would never notice the differences. I have not had anyone mention

anything about her foot/leg since we stopped wearing the DBB 23/7.

Marilouise

9/9/03, LCF, DBB 12/7

Owen and 3/20/99

> Hiya:

>

> Our unilateral CF 7-week-old son just emerged victorious from his

post-

> tenotomy cast. His dr. says his foot looks " perfect " and he's

quite

> happily wearing his Ponseti/ shoes without complaint. So

far,

> so good! Woo hoo!

>

> Since he's still sporting plenty of baby fat, it's really hard to

> figure out if there's any noticeable difference in his foot and

calf

> size vs. his normal foot. Those of you with unilateral kiddies,

when

> does that sort of thing tend to show up? Much later when they're

> walking and losing baby fat?

>

> - Nicki

>

> Nicki Dugan

> Mama to Farley (LCF, 6/21/05)

> Treated by Dr. Colburn, SF Bay Area

[Guest guest]

Zach was born with right c/f and quite honestly, you can't tell

which calf is bigger. The difference is so insignificant that it's

hardly noticeable. We've never had to purchase two different size

shoes either. The difference in size of his feet is only a couple

of centimeters - again, nothing major. I know this isn't so for all

children though, so we consider ourselves lucky! I was not born

with clubfoot, but my calves are two different sizes. My Mom said

the doctors told her I was " smooshed " in the womb and this is why.

Irregardless, my calves actually have a more significant difference

in size than my clubfoot boy!

Holly

Zachary 7/27/02

Right C/F

Treated by Dr. Ponseti

DBB Nights Only

> Hiya:

>

> Our unilateral CF 7-week-old son just emerged victorious from his

post-

> tenotomy cast. His dr. says his foot looks " perfect " and he's

quite

> happily wearing his Ponseti/ shoes without complaint. So

far,

> so good! Woo hoo!

>

> Since he's still sporting plenty of baby fat, it's really hard to

> figure out if there's any noticeable difference in his foot and

calf

> size vs. his normal foot. Those of you with unilateral kiddies,

when

> does that sort of thing tend to show up? Much later when they're

> walking and losing baby fat?

>

> - Nicki

>

> Nicki Dugan

> Mama to Farley (LCF, 6/21/05)

> Treated by Dr. Colburn, SF Bay Area

[Guest guest]

Nicki-

We too see Dr. Colburn (my son is 3 1/2 now, so only once a year are

our visits, we were just there in June)!

Anyway back to your question. My son is unilateral left too. No one

(not even my husband) can see the calf difference. I can and so can

Dr. C, but he said it is very slight. I think I can only see it

because I've always heard of the calf size difference since I first

started researching cf. I think it wasn't noticeable until he was

about 2 and really started to shed the baby fat. His feet are 1/2

size difference, but I just buy one size and it it is fine. My son's

foot wasn't very severe, so maybe that has something to do with it

too. I'm not sure just guessing.

I do remember when my son was 12 weeks olds seeing a bilateral CF

boy in Dr. C's waiting area and his calves were both extremely

small. I assumed by son's CF calf would end up looking like that but

it hasn't. A stranger would never even notice just like they can't

tell that he ever had CF.

> Hiya:

>

> Our unilateral CF 7-week-old son just emerged victorious from his

post-

> tenotomy cast. His dr. says his foot looks " perfect " and he's

quite

> happily wearing his Ponseti/ shoes without complaint. So

far,

> so good! Woo hoo!

>

> Since he's still sporting plenty of baby fat, it's really hard to

> figure out if there's any noticeable difference in his foot and

calf

> size vs. his normal foot. Those of you with unilateral kiddies,

when

> does that sort of thing tend to show up? Much later when they're

> walking and losing baby fat?

>

> - Nicki

>

> Nicki Dugan

> Mama to Farley (LCF, 6/21/05)

> Treated by Dr. Colburn, SF Bay Area