Re: Regular Orthopedic Surgeon

[Guest guest]

Jen,

thanks for sharing the story! Of course I'm sorry that Josh hurt

himself and has to wear a cast/boot, of course, but I can just imagine

how striking it is for Livie to have the " shoe on another foot " , so to

speak, for a change! that's great, too, that you got to spread the word

to another pediatrician.. and show off Livie's correction to someone

who could appreciate it..

and Claire

[Guest guest]

Jen--

That's so funny! Livie must be loving it!

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> Hi all,

>

> I'm bored to tears on this day after Thanksgiving and just thought

I would

> share our recent experience.

>

> My older son (non-clubfoot kid) twisted his ankle a few weeks

ago. It was

> still bothering him a couple of weeks later, so we took him in to

see the

> pediatrician. She ordered an x-ray. A few days later her nurse

called and

> said that the x-ray showed a small fracture in his fifth

metatarsal and he

> needed to see an orthopedic surgeon. She asked if we had

a " regular " ortho

> surgeon. I replied that we did, but he is 91 years old and

practices in

> Iowa. That gave her pause! LOL She recommended someone local and

Josh is

> in a heavy boot for the next 4 weeks.

>

> Little Miss Olivia (my 4yo clubfoot kid) is beside herself with

glee that

> her brother has to wear a " cast " now. You may remember that Livie

had a

> relapse at 2.5 yo and had to wear a two week cast. She remembers

that one

> and has seen a billion pictures of the 22 casts that she had as a

baby also.

>

> This ped is also a new one for us and she saw Livie last week for

her 4 year

> check-up. It was the first time she had seen her and she was duly

impressed

> with her clubfoot correction. I got to explain the whole Ponseti

process

> and history to someone that actually was interested and whose eyes

didn't

> glaze over after the first two minutes! What a treat for Mommy!!

>

> Just wanted to share!

>

> Jen & Livie (10-18-01 severe left clubfoot)

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