CFPics membership pending approval from moderator- See email to Dr.P here

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Kori and others , I just subscribed for the membership to CFPics

yahoo group and am now awaiting approval from moderator, so I will

put the photos of Jude through there. Anyway... I will try and post

the actual email I sent today below:

Dr. Ignacio Ponseti,

It is a pleasure to email you and personally thank you for your

lifelong work with children to improve their quality of life with

this method.

It has been 1 year and 1 month since we were able to travel as a

family to receive our adopted son, Jude (Xin Sha Ji), from Xinjiang

Province, China. He was born with bilateral clubfoot and had

received no form of surgery, casting, or bracing prior to his

adoption into our family. He did receive PT in China starting at 12

months of age, once a week, for stretching exercises until Dec.

2004. (Jude's DOB: 3-1-03)

Once in the United States ,we were able to arrange an appt. with Dr.

Novick under the supervision of Dr. Grogen in Tampa, Florida at

Shriner's Hospital for Children. He began serial casting on Feb.

10th and on April 30th had heel cord lengthening surgery. Another

set of casts were applied immediately following surgery and kept on

for 3 weeks and on May 22nd the wearing of the foot abduction brace

(FAB) began. Jude wore the brace 23/7 for 3 months and on July 22nd,

Jude offically began wearing his FAB 14/7.

I am a member of the Nosurgery4clubfoot yahoo group and was able to

gain access and information re: your email address and suggestions

for photo angles so that you may be able to review Jude's progress

thus far.

Please review ,if you are able, and email me back at

alkelliher@... (or my mailing address: 1806 Tinker Drive,

Lutz, FL 33559 ) with your clinical opinion of how you believe Jude

has progressed.

I know that Dr. Novick is pleased with Jude's progress, but it would

be an honor to get the opinion from the one and only Dr. Ponseti

himself.

We are so pleased with Jude's progress. Jude began the casting

process at nearly 24 months old and finally receiving the brace at

nearly 30 months of age. Truly amazing!! It just goes to show you

that this method can work for older children.

Sincerely,

Anita Kelliher

P.S. If you have any questions or if these photos aren't good

enough, please feel free to email me.

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Wow!! This is just amazing !!!

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Kori and others , I just subscribed for the membership to CFPics

yahoo group and am now awaiting approval from moderator, so I will

put the photos of Jude through there. Anyway... I will try and post

the actual email I sent today below:

Dr. Ignacio Ponseti,

It is a pleasure to email you and personally thank you for your

lifelong work with children to improve their quality of life with

this method.

It has been 1 year and 1 month since we were able to travel as a

family to receive our adopted son, Jude (Xin Sha Ji), from Xinjiang

Province, China. He was born with bilateral clubfoot and had

received no form of surgery, casting, or bracing prior to his

adoption into our family. He did receive PT in China starting at 12

months of age, once a week, for stretching exercises until Dec.

2004. (Jude's DOB: 3-1-03)

Once in the United States ,we were able to arrange an appt. with Dr.

Novick under the supervision of Dr. Grogen in Tampa, Florida at

Shriner's Hospital for Children. He began serial casting on Feb.

10th and on April 30th had heel cord lengthening surgery. Another

set of casts were applied immediately following surgery and kept on

for 3 weeks and on May 22nd the wearing of the foot abduction brace

(FAB) began. Jude wore the brace 23/7 for 3 months and on July 22nd,

Jude offically began wearing his FAB 14/7.

I am a member of the Nosurgery4clubfoot yahoo group and was able to

gain access and information re: your email address and suggestions

for photo angles so that you may be able to review Jude's progress

thus far.

Please review ,if you are able, and email me back at

alkelliher@... (or my mailing address: 1806 Tinker Drive,

Lutz, FL 33559 ) with your clinical opinion of how you believe Jude

has progressed.

I know that Dr. Novick is pleased with Jude's progress, but it would

be an honor to get the opinion from the one and only Dr. Ponseti

himself.

We are so pleased with Jude's progress. Jude began the casting

process at nearly 24 months old and finally receiving the brace at

nearly 30 months of age. Truly amazing!! It just goes to show you

that this method can work for older children.

Sincerely,

Anita Kelliher

P.S. If you have any questions or if these photos aren't good

enough, please feel free to email me.