Re: No blister success with Markells?

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Hi Marcy,

Congratulations on reaching this milestone in Ethan's treatment )!

As Angel said tons of babies, most babies I think (that do not have

Complex/Atypical), do just fine in the Markell's. Remember, this is a

support group so I am sure that lots and lots of parents of cf

children who have had no issues in the Markells haven't even ventured

here (too bad for them though ).

Our daughter did fine, no problems thanks in part to our ortho who

cut out a hole in the heel of our shoes so we could make sure her

heel was all the way down. And Kori, for her awesome tips and tricks

doc.! This was just such a help for us. I think it should be sent to

all the doctors practicing the method for their patients!

Not sure if you have the adjustable bar but I found it much easier

when first putting the shoes on her to unscrew the shoes from the

bar, put them on her, then slide the bar through the slots and screw

them back on (only had to do this a few times to get comfortable but

it really helped).

Ethan should really be fine, as long as you are getting his heel

right down in the shoes and doing them up really tight.

We also just gave Grace her hour out all at once, I was so worried

about getting those darned shoes on her correctly that once was

plenty LOL! I did also remove them for about 5 min in the morning for

the first few days to make sure everything looked OK. I figured, if

she was going to get blisters, it would happen pretty quickly. I also

did the same thing for her second pair of size 1 shoes. For her

latest pair, I didn't even bother...does that make me an " old pro "

now hehe?? Like the pro part, not the old part so much lol.

As far as adjusting the socks...I am pretty sure Kori has that in her

tips and tricks, you just pull the ends of the socks once the shoes

are done up so that there is some extra room for those cute lil toes.

HTH

& Grace 16mos

unilateral rcf FAB 13 hrs

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> My son Ethan sees Dr. Herzenberg and Dr. Lamm as well and he just

got into his shoes on Friday. Dr. H is out of the country, so Dr.

Lamm and their physical therapist fitted him with the shoes.

>

> Does anyone have any success with the Markell shoes with no

blisters? I'm scared to death that Ethan will get blisters and we'll

have a screaming 3 month old on our hands. Are there any tricks to

ensuring that no blisters form? He kicks a lot and I can just see

his little feet getting beaten up in there.

>

> Also, this may seem like a dumb question, but I know that we're

only supposed to take off the shoes for an hour a day. Do people

only take them off once per day and leave them on the entire rest of

the day? Does anyone take them off any other part of the day to

check the feet or arrange the sock?

>

> All of your advice is so helpful. I don't know how I would

survive without having this forum to read everyday.

>

> Marcy

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Hi Marcy,

> Does anyone have any success with the Markell

> shoes with no blisters?

My son Alister has been wearing the Markell shoes for

over 3 years now and never had a problem with them.

Actually, I just remembered, he had a small blister

once but I simply put a band-aid over it and it

disappeared after a couple of days. I don't think he

even noticed since he didn't cry because of it at all.

> Also, this may seem like a dumb question, but I

> know that we're only supposed to take off the shoes

> for an hour a day. Do people only take them off

> once per day and leave them on the entire rest of

> the day? Does anyone take them off any other part

> of the day to check the feet or arrange the sock?

I only took them off the once per day and usually not

even for the whole hour, just long enough for a bath

and new socks...

All the best,

with (3y)

and Alister (3y, RCF, Ponseti method, UK)

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My daughter Kelsey has been in her Markells now for one year and has never had

a single blister. We did leave them on for 23 hours and would take them off

only if she seemed to be uncomforatble or something. Otherwise what worked for

us was to take them off of her so she could play for a while in the evening and

then give her a bath, put the shoes back on with her pajamas and bedtime. I

think always putting them on with her pajamas really helped us because now that

she is down to nights only, she never questions that the shoes go on. To her,

they are a regular part of her pajamas. Even if she does fuss about them

(which she does occasionally), we have never given in to her about not wearing

them. I think that is really important for success. There is a DBB

tricks/tips document that I think may be in the file section of the group.

Hopefully, someone can point you in the right direction. Good luck with

Ethan's Markells.

Jenni

Marcy Schwab wrote: My son Ethan sees Dr. Herzenberg

and Dr. Lamm as well and he just got into his shoes on Friday. Dr. H is out of

the country, so Dr. Lamm and their physical therapist fitted him with the

shoes.

Does anyone have any success with the Markell shoes with no blisters? I'm

scared to death that Ethan will get blisters and we'll have a screaming 3 month

old on our hands. Are there any tricks to ensuring that no blisters form? He

kicks a lot and I can just see his little feet getting beaten up in there.

Also, this may seem like a dumb question, but I know that we're only

supposed to take off the shoes for an hour a day. Do people only take them off

once per day and leave them on the entire rest of the day? Does anyone take

them off any other part of the day to check the feet or arrange the sock?

All of your advice is so helpful. I don't know how I would survive without

having this forum to read everyday.

Marcy

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