Re: Re: Atypical club feet????

December 5, 2005

Wow! This is the first case I've ever heard of that didn't have sausage

feet/legs. Did she have all the the other things i.e. the creases in the soles,

high arch, the big toes sticking out? Thanks for sharing! WAs she treated by Dr

Ponseti?

kitergirl wrote:

Hi

My daughter is 30 mo and has been in mitchells since 18mo. She had

skinny and flexible feet.and sever B clubfeet. my husband is a photo

nut and took pics. of her feet during the whole process. Even looking

back at the photos now that she developed 'atypical' we or her doctor

did not see anything unusuall until after the tenenotomy. She may be

a different presentation than normal because she has other issues;

hypotonia. I thought I would share her slightly different

presentation. Her feet are beautiful and well corected now.

best wishes

and Sadie

>

> Oh I didn't take it the wrong way. This whole thing is a new

> learning experience for me too so I appreciate everyone's info.

>

> > > >

> > > > was born on October 27 with bilateral club feet. She

> is

> > in

> > > the

> > > > casting phase and is doing well. I was wondering how I would

> > know

> > > if

> > > > her feet are " atypical club feet " or not? I have heard that

> > term

> > > and

> > > > do not know. Her doctor has not said that they are atypical

> and

> > has

> > > > described them as " on the better side of moderate " as club

> feet

> > go.

> > > > She has good flexibility (dorsiflexion) and is responding

well

> > to

> > > > casting. I would post a picture but am not sure how to put it

> > into

> > > the

> > > > body of this email. (I am high-tech challenged!)

> > > >

> > > > Carol and , born 10-27-05, bcf, serial casting stage

> > > >

> > >

December 5, 2005

THANK you for Ponseti's info.

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December 5, 2005

How IS sweet Sadie doing ? I don't have my old e-mail address anymore and

I had lost your e-mail address!

Many of you here don't know, but 4 of us went thru our children being the first

ones diagnosed with atypical feet all together. When and her DH learned

about it, I already had tickets booked to Iowa, and between the two doctors and

two families we made a sort of circle, with Dr Ponseti working on Kai in Iowa

then sending the knowledge to Dr Mosca who worked on Sadie in Seattle.

FWIW, Kai's foot also developed the lateral and transverse crease AFTER the

tenotomy. He had the heel crease when he was born (from the super-tight

achilles). But Dr Mosca never suspected anything out of the ordinary in the

pre-tentomy casting, and it only took three casts to get his foot ready for the

tenotomy. He also doesn't have a fat leg ... in fact, it is a chicken leg!

Angel

Re: Atypical club feet????

She developed the crease after the tenotomy but not the big toe or a

typical high arch. Her feet apear to have a high arch when the crease

developed but after corection of the crease her feet are basically

pretty flat. She was treated by DR Mosca in Seattle; after diagnosis

by Dr. Ponseti via web pictures. He is very amazing! DR P. I just

thought I'd share because we couldn't see the atypical thing coming.

Even retrospectivly looking at pictures. I don't know if that is

common.

and Sadie

> > > > >

> > > > > was born on October 27 with bilateral club feet.

She

> > is

> > > in

> > > > the

> > > > > casting phase and is doing well. I was wondering how I

would

> > > know

> > > > if

> > > > > her feet are " atypical club feet " or not? I have heard

that

> > > term

> > > > and

> > > > > do not know. Her doctor has not said that they are

atypical

> > and

> > > has

> > > > > described them as " on the better side of moderate " as club

> > feet

> > > go.

> > > > > She has good flexibility (dorsiflexion) and is responding

> well

> > > to

> > > > > casting. I would post a picture but am not sure how to put

it

> > > into

> > > > the

> > > > > body of this email. (I am high-tech challenged!)

> > > > >

> > > > > Carol and , born 10-27-05, bcf, serial casting stage

> > > > >

> > > >

December 5, 2005

Wow! I guess there really is no " norm " for this kind of thing. Gabe had

dents...not creases. He never had transverse creases.Really the only way you

could see the arch was through x-ray (although he had " thick " little sausage

feet.His feet and legs were SOOOO fat! Gabe always had the heel creases; he also

had another crease in the lower 1/3 of his calves. His Achilles was very tight,

but aren't a good number of typical clubfeet? He had the jutting out big toes

from birth too. Having said all this, what is it that classifies any of these

feet atypical (or complex? Is there anything that all of them have in common --

a criteria that classifies them as " atypical " , or is it just ANYfoot that

doesn't have the normal clubfoot presentation? For instance, what if Gabe only

had the excess tissue to contend with rather than the " fatty " feet, the high

arches ,and the creases. Would it still be atypical -- the fatty tissue alone

would have prevented him form wearing Markell's...

Angel Gray wrote: How IS sweet Sadie doing ? I

don't have my old e-mail address anymore and I had lost your e-mail address!