Re: Dr. Dobbs Questions-Shriners comment

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Just a comment about Shriners Hospitals and the P method in general-

It's just like any other hospital- they don't dictate what method

the doctors have to use- so it just depends on what doctor you see,

not necessarily what hospital you're at. I know, for instance, that

at the St. Louis Shriners, there are other doctors there besides Dr.

Dobbs who treat clubfoot and they're not necessarily using the

Ponseti method. So, technically, that's why we have to refer

families to specific " doctors " instead of " institutions " ....except,

perhaps for the Univ. of Iowa- because all the docs there are going

to be using the method without deviation. It'd be great if we could

refer to a hospital, but unfortunately, that wouldn't work because a

family could get assigned to a doctor who isn't using the method

properly.

I hope everything falls into place for you and Collin, Michele-

we're rooting for you!

& (3-16-00, left clubfoot)

> I was reading the clubfoot board and I saw mention Dr. Dobbs

@

> Shriners I think in Missouri?...can't remember. And it just

popped a

> questoin in my head here... we were accepted to Shriners in

> Philadelphia, and even though we don't go there anymore, I think

we

> are still approved to go and take him until like age 18. Does

that

> mean he is approved for all Shriners or just the Philadelphia

one.

> Also I here Dr. Dobb's name a lot is he up there as one of the

really

> great ponseti method doctors that follows it correctly, etc? I

always

> here Dr. Herzenberg & Ponseti's names the most? I was just

thinking

> if he was as great as Dr. Ponseti and Dr. H then we could maybe

just

> take angel flights there, etc and not have to worry about

insurance

> because we have been accepted to Shriners in Philadelphia a few

years

> back....I'm just trying to think of other options just in case.

But I

> did appeal the denial yesterday verbally. We will probably go no

> matter what at this point but it would make me feel better to know

we

> have options, etc. Why do some Shriners really do the Ponseti

method

> and other like Philadelphia one not do it exactly they kind of do

> their own version, etc.

>

> Michele

> Collin's story at http://www.geocities.com/chele323232