Re: atypical crease question

[Guest guest]

Can you get your doctor to agree to consult with Dr. Ponseti about

your son's case?

This would probably be your best bet!

& (3-16-00, lcf)

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> Hello all,

> I spoke with Dr. Ponseti a week ago regarding my son's atypical club

> feet. He confirmed they were atypical and said our MD should be

> pushing up on the bottom of the foot with both thumbs. I guess my

> question for the group is, how will I know when the foot is

corrected?

> In atypical does the crease eventually go away? Without abandoning

> our MD and heading to Iowa, does anyone have any advice?

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[Guest guest]

My son has LCF and he had a deep crease on the bottom of his foot. Dr.

Ponseti didn't actually examine the foot (we didn't go to Iowa), but

he suspected it to be atypical from the pictures he saw. The crease is

now completely gone. He is on his 5th cast and the tenotomy is

scheduled for this coming Monday.

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> Hello all,

> I spoke with Dr. Ponseti a week ago regarding my son's atypical club

> feet. He confirmed they were atypical and said our MD should be

> pushing up on the bottom of the foot with both thumbs. I guess my

> question for the group is, how will I know when the foot is

corrected?

> In atypical does the crease eventually go away? Without abandoning

> our MD and heading to Iowa, does anyone have any advice?

>

[Guest guest]

Unfortunatly, no. Even Dr. P stated that he did want to offend him!

At risk of stepping on toes I won't even mention our MD here!

Sometimes when you live where the best hospitals in the country are

(Boston) you run into the biggest ego's on the planet.

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> > Hello all,

> > I spoke with Dr. Ponseti a week ago regarding my son's atypical

club

> > feet. He confirmed they were atypical and said our MD should be

> > pushing up on the bottom of the foot with both thumbs. I guess

my

> > question for the group is, how will I know when the foot is

> corrected?

> > In atypical does the crease eventually go away? Without

abandoning

> > our MD and heading to Iowa, does anyone have any advice?

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you, That is what I was hoping. Our mitchell's come in next

week at some point. My son doesn't have a lateral crease, just

Transverse. We did have X-rays done and they said the foot was

corrected, but the crease is still present. So hard to tell with a

little infant foot. Our MD doesn't seem concerned, but just don't

want him missing something.

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> > > Hello all,

> > > I spoke with Dr. Ponseti a week ago regarding my son's

atypical

> club

> > > feet. He confirmed they were atypical and said our MD should

be

> > > pushing up on the bottom of the foot with both thumbs. I

guess

> my

> > > question for the group is, how will I know when the foot is

> > corrected?

> > > In atypical does the crease eventually go away? Without

> abandoning

> > > our MD and heading to Iowa, does anyone have any advice?

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