Re: My well-spoken, convincing friends/le

July 1, 2005

le,

Please vent all you want. And please don't leave! As said, the

parents here know and appreciate that there are conditions and

situations in which surgery is the best and only way. The messages

you were referring to were, I believe, about someone whose child had

isolated clubfoot and yet whose doctor was resistant to the non-

surgical method, which likely would work in that child's case. No one

here, I am sure, believes that surgery is a 'quick fix'.. it was a

reference to the mistaken impression that some people have that it

is .. which, as you well know, it certainly is not.

I'm so sorry you are having a tough time right now.. and that you and

your little one has had to endure so much .. with the news that you

have a knee surgery ahead.

There's another mom here who is expecting a child with spina bifida

and clubfoot too.. I'm sure if she sees your message she will

respond. There is support here for you.. We want to help!

Take care,

and Claire

> I just wish it was this easy for us--casting, a little snipping,

> shoes with a bar, and fixed feet. Having him go through surgeries

is

> HELL. It is NOT a quick fix. I'm sorry, I'm just in a bad mood

> because we just found out yesterday that our son has to have knee

> surgery in a few weeks. And to keep reading here about surgery

being

> a " quick fix, " oh, it pisses me off. Sitting in the waiting room

for

> 3 to 5 hours, hoping he will wake up from the anesthesia, spending

> the night in the hospital with kids all around you crying all night

> long, the recovery time... it is NOT a quick fix and is NOT fun.

> Sorry to vent.

>

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