Dealing with casts

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I first wrote about two weeks ago with some questions regarding my

son's, , treatment. He was scheduled for surgery and is now 4

months and hadn't been in casts since he was a month old. My

instincts told me, after much research, (including discovering this

board) that he just wasn't ready. We saw Dr. Herzenberg yesterday,

Friday, and now he will be treating . He feels that it is like

dealing with a virgin clubfoot and he rated it at a 6 - worse than I

thought it was. He put him in one over the knee plaster cast and a

short fiber (?) one on the right. (He is unilateral on the left and

medatarsul adductus on the right.) He will probably need 6 weeks of

casts and then the tenotomy. We are very pleased with everything and

I was very happy with the care got yesterday. The whole

experience was quite a contrast from the other doctor! Last night was

very rough, though. He is having a hard time adjusting to sleeping

with the casts on since it has been a while since he wore them and

when he did, they were below the knee. Any suggestions on ways to

make him comfortable? He sleeps in an Amby hammock at night and

putting a rolled up blanket under the big cast finally helped at 5am.

During the day, he sleeps on his tummy (otherwise he won't stay

asleep at all) and has had some difficulty with that as well. (Though

I am holding my breath because he has been asleep for and hour and a

half - either he is just so exhausted or he is getting used to it.)

Other than the sleeping, he is just as happy as always and seems

unaffected by this combursome thing on his leg.

Any suggetions would be appreciated!

Thanks,

6/19/05 LCF