Re: Re: Now I understand why some people give up...

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Hmmm, is this Dobb's new brace I've been hearing about? Anybody who uses it out

there who knows? I don't, I haven't seen the new brace myself. I suggest you

speak to dr. dobbs and let him know what is going on - there is always that

chance (?) the brace co. gave you the wrong size or something. Besides

removing the brace I don't know wha tto say about teh pressure marks. Some

people have luck with padding it, but when my boy had pressure sores we had no

luck padding. Since I am completly not familiure with the brace you have I am

sorry I am no help.

s.

Re: Now I understand why some people give up...

I fear I am using incorrect terminology (but the nurse said AFO).

ds has a small plastic boot which is then placed in a larger boot

connected to the bar.

ds is 5 months old. Dr Dobbs is his dr. What should I do about the

purple mark?

Thanks for helping !!!

Sue

> Oops I didn't pay attention, you said you are in the AFOs not the

FAB's. All I can say to that is AFO's suck and I really hope you

meant o write FAB (or dbb). I went the AFO route years ago, they do

NOTHING for clubfeet except ruin them!!!!!! (I'll elaborate if you

wish but spare that sermon for now)

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> How old is your baby? what doc are you seeing? big purple marks

are serious trouble in any event often resulting in bad infections

because the pressure sores break down the skin really deep, not just

on the surface. Please come back and describe the shoes your baby

is wearing so we can figure out better what is going on and how to

help you, OK?

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> Sue which style of shoe are you using, Markell or ?

> s.

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> ds just went into his AFO on Monday and he is miserable. He

already

> has a reddish/purple mark on the back of one heel. It seems no

matter

> how much we push his foot into the small plastic boot, it won't

stay.

> Five minutes later we check and you can tell his heel has slipped

up.

> I feel like I'm placing him in a torture device.

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> PLEASE HELP!!

> Sue

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