Re: Re: I'm nervous!! Back to the Ortho

[Guest guest]

uhhh... how long have you been at 23/7? If it's been 3mo's, you

could reduce to 20 and let the little guy have some time on his feet

to get the hang of standing. Not sure I understand, are you talking

about reducing to nights only? These kids should be gradually

reduced over the first year, and 12-14 only once they're up and going

anyway. 20 hr/d is still long bracing, yet allows him to be free to

try his feets out.

Kori

At 06:04 AM 1/19/2006, you wrote:

>I'm glad I didn't expect him to reduce his hours. We are still going

>to be doing the shoes 23/7 for the next 3 months. It feels like a

>long ways away.

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>His ortho says he would like him to be pulling up and standing before

>he reduces his hours in the shoes. We are doing physical therapy but

>does anyone have any suggestions for how to accelerate this. He is a

>very active boy. Almost crawling and sort of pulling up on low things.

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>Thanks.

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>Lynn

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> > Well my son Aidan goes to the Ortho tomorrow and I am hoping that

>he

> > will finally have his hours reduced in the DBB. He is still

>currently

> > 23/7 at almost 10 months of age.

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> > He had his second tenotomy in November and casts removed December

> > 22nd. I couldn't believe how great his feet looked. I think they

>grew

> > 2 sizes. I've learned in the last year never to anticipate what

>will

> > happen at these Ortho visits because I am almost always blindsided.

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> > I just wanted to vent some of my nervous energy in the hopes to

>calm

> > myself.

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> > Thanks to everyone for all your support over the last 10 months.

>What

> > a year!!

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