Guest guest Posted November 22, 2005 Report Share Posted November 22, 2005 Tabitha, Don't berate yourself. I know it's hard not to blame yourself, but you're not an ortho--this is new to you too!! And the $$$ thing? Well, that's life. Sure we'd all like to be able to say " $300 shoes? No problem! Do they come in colors? I'd like 2 pairs! " But the realities of life are that we do the best we can with what we have. Whatever your situation is, I'm sure you're doing the best you can by Karter, and I think there's very few of us on here who could honestly just order a pair of the P/M's without a little ouch! or tightening the belt somewhere. So don't feel bad for trying to stay with the Markells. We all know what you're going through. > > Well we saw Dr. Ponseti today. He thinks Karter's feet look very beautiful while walking. He does not walk by himself, so I walked him up and down hall. He also enjoyed pushing the wheel chair up and down the hall. He seemed a bit worried about his feet when he is not standing. Karter curles them behind him. He said this is from the inside muscle of his foot being stronger than the outside. He thinks once he starts to walk by himself this will even out the muscles. He also told us we can go down to 14-16hrs in shoes. His feet are still very flexable, I guess, his dorsalflextion (sp?) is 15. don't know if that is very good, but in Sept. when we started seeing Dr. P. it was 5 on left and 0 on right, so at least it is better. We also discussed the s, because of all of the sores. I told Dr. P. we really wanted to try to stay with Markels, that we just did not have the $$ right now. He agreed we would try, but if he has anymore sores or starts slipping again we > would get the mitchells. He just kept saying " These shoes are no good for him " I will talk with my husband tonight and see if we can manage $300 right before X-mas. I feel awful as a parent that I will not easily switch shoes, but I really believe it was my error that caused the blisters/sores. Now that I have solved the problem I see no reason to switch shoes. > > Well hope everyone is doing well and happy Thanksgiving > > Tabitha > Brittanie 2-9-00 > Karter 7-30-04 > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 Tabitha, We toughed it out in the Markells. We haven't had blisters since the very beginning and are doing fine. I also felt silly because maybe I should have dumped them. But we are doing fine with them now. Re: Karter update Tabitha, Don't berate yourself. I know it's hard not to blame yourself, but you're not an ortho--this is new to you too!! And the $$$ thing? Well, that's life. Sure we'd all like to be able to say " $300 shoes? No problem! Do they come in colors? I'd like 2 pairs! " But the realities of life are that we do the best we can with what we have. Whatever your situation is, I'm sure you're doing the best you can by Karter, and I think there's very few of us on here who could honestly just order a pair of the P/M's without a little ouch! or tightening the belt somewhere. So don't feel bad for trying to stay with the Markells. We all know what you're going through. > > Well we saw Dr. Ponseti today. He thinks Karter's feet look very beautiful while walking. He does not walk by himself, so I walked him up and down hall. He also enjoyed pushing the wheel chair up and down the hall. He seemed a bit worried about his feet when he is not standing. Karter curles them behind him. He said this is from the inside muscle of his foot being stronger than the outside. He thinks once he starts to walk by himself this will even out the muscles. He also told us we can go down to 14-16hrs in shoes. His feet are still very flexable, I guess, his dorsalflextion (sp?) is 15. don't know if that is very good, but in Sept. when we started seeing Dr. P. it was 5 on left and 0 on right, so at least it is better. We also discussed the s, because of all of the sores. I told Dr. P. we really wanted to try to stay with Markels, that we just did not have the $$ right now. He agreed we would try, but if he has anymore sores or starts slipping again we > would get the mitchells. He just kept saying " These shoes are no good for him " I will talk with my husband tonight and see if we can manage $300 right before X-mas. I feel awful as a parent that I will not easily switch shoes, but I really believe it was my error that caused the blisters/sores. Now that I have solved the problem I see no reason to switch shoes. > > Well hope everyone is doing well and happy Thanksgiving > > Tabitha > Brittanie 2-9-00 > Karter 7-30-04 > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 23, 2005 Report Share Posted November 23, 2005 We've also stayed with the Markells and after 10 months in them we've had no problems with blisters. The only problem we had was when learned to untie them and slip his feet out. But now we have the pad in the back and we use a sleep sack so he hasn't been able to slip out of them since. and 11/10/03 bilateral cf dbb 14/7 > > > > Well we saw Dr. Ponseti today. He thinks Karter's feet look very > beautiful while walking. He does not walk by himself, so I walked him > up and down hall. He also enjoyed pushing the wheel chair up and down > the hall. He seemed a bit worried about his feet when he is not > standing. Karter curles them behind him. He said this is from the > inside muscle of his foot being stronger than the outside. He thinks > once he starts to walk by himself this will even out the muscles. He > also told us we can go down to 14-16hrs in shoes. His feet are still > very flexable, I guess, his dorsalflextion (sp?) is 15. don't know if > that is very good, but in Sept. when we started seeing Dr. P. it was > 5 on left and 0 on right, so at least it is better. We also discussed > the s, because of all of the sores. I told Dr. P. we really > wanted to try to stay with Markels, that we just did not have the $$ > right now. He agreed we would try, but if he has anymore sores or > starts slipping again we > > would get the mitchells. He just kept saying " These shoes are no > good for him " I will talk with my husband tonight and see if we can > manage $300 right before X-mas. I feel awful as a parent that I will > not easily switch shoes, but I really believe it was my error that > caused the blisters/sores. Now that I have solved the problem I see > no reason to switch shoes. > > > > Well hope everyone is doing well and happy Thanksgiving > > > > Tabitha > > Brittanie 2-9-00 > > Karter 7-30-04 > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Yahoo! FareChase - Search multiple travel sites in one click. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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