Frustrated Beyond Belief

January 12, 2006

On Tuesday Hayden had his tenotomy casts removed and we had to put him

back into holding casts while we get the s done up because we

forgot to take the forms of his feet the day he had the tenotomies

done. For anyone who is curious, you can have a gander at how his

feet look on my blog at:

Well, last night as I was getting him ready for bed, I took off his

socks and discovered that his left cast had slipped (which also

happens to be his " worse " foot. I know for sure that it was not like

this in the morning because I put fresh socks on him and it was fine,

but I have no idea when it might have slipped. It was quite far back

but he seemed to be okay so hubby and I decided not to remove it

unless instructed by Dr. Pirani the next morning. Around midnight he

shifted his foot forward again and started screaming. It took awhile

to get him calm again but he settled and seemed okay for the remainder

of the night. I called Dr. Pirani's office this morning and was told

he was in surgery until 1:00 this afternoon, but that his secretary

would contact me when he could see Hayden or if someone else was

available. I drove out to where the hospital is to hang around until

he could see me and I got in around 2:00 at Dr. Pirani's office. He

informed me that we had lost some correction due to the slippage and

that the tendon was already tightening. He has recasted it and we

made an appointment to get a new cast next Tuesday to re-correct the

foot again. He DID confirm that the reason Hayden has Atypical (or

Complex) clubfoot is because of all the slipped casts from Children's

because he showed me how in such few hours the crease was already back

across the bottom of the sole of his foot.

I'm just so frustrated with all of this. It feels like FOREVER that

we have been doing this and I feel like this is one step forward and

two steps back. AARRGH!

Thanks for letting me vent.

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