Advice on shoes and bar

[Guest guest]

I took the advice of many of the families on this site and switched

doctors for my son. We were with the 1st doctor until our son was

about 10 months old. We were just not happy with his progress and

felt that the doctor was not aggressive enough in his treatment, nor

did we feel that he set our son's cast properly. So we found a

Ponseti doctor at Children's Hospital in Detroit.

Dr. Mooney suggested that we have the surgery again and go throught

the series of castings. Each time we went in for surgery, the doctor

was able to set his foot without cutting him (while he was under).

We did this 3 times over a 9 week period (I believe).

His foot looks beautiful! We were thrilled when the final cast came

off. We are so thankful for everyone that offered advise from this

site. Thank you!!

I again need advise. On Friday, Brenden got his cast off and was put

into the Mercell shoes and bar. I think that is what they are

called. I read some emails in this room that suggests the

shoes.

My first question is, how many different options are there with

these shoes? And why don't they tell you that there are other types

available? Do you get the shoe that the doctor prefers or the shoes

your insurance will pay for?

I just want the best, most comfortable shoes available.

My second question. Brenden doesn't want to put any pressure on the

bad foot. It has only been 4 days since the cast came off. Is this

normal?

Third....how long should I expect to get zero sleep? He just can't

seem to get comfortable. Any suggestions on how to make them

comfortable? Should I try to let him sleep on his tummy like he is

used to?

Any help with any of the questions above would be greatly

appreciated!

Jodi Grewe

Brenden 15 months old