Re: Unilateral Clubfoot - one leg shorter than the other???

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My daughter have 1 leg longer than the other. She is 4 months old. She was

treated with the Ponseti method (not fully at first) the Dr. didnt know what he

was doing, but she had a Tenotomy and then 3 more casts after that casue Dr.

Ponseti fully corrected her after we traveled to see him cause the other Dr was

an idiot. Anyhow, her current Dr. and another Ortho are currently trying to find

WHY her leg is longer than the other. She has an appt. next Mon. to get more

x-rays and an Ultrasound. The only thing said so far is maybe hip probs (by no

real other symptoms of this so less likely), and the old saying that if you cut

a tendon it can mess things up, and it CAN (not always) make limbs longer. I'll

see what they say, and I'll keep you updated.

Christee

Christee

Mother of Josh, Aspen, Dylan &

Lilee ~ Unilateral A-Typical Club Foot w/Cavus

& Metatarsus Adductus

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Makes me wonder...one of my mom's legs is over an inch shorter than

her other...she also had a baby born with spinal bifida.

We cannot find cf in our family and my family (not myself mind you)

is Mormon on both sides and has geneology going back a few hundred

years. Not sure if club foot was there somewhere and just not

metioned/covered up. But we haven't been able to find it anywhere on

either side.

With cf linked to spinal bifida, it has always made me wonder if

this is one of the reasons for Grace having it.

I am not sure if spinal bifida is in anyway linked to my mother's leg

length discrepency but it wouldn't suprise me. So many questions! I

can't wait until they isolate the club foot gene and find out answers

to all of them!

& Grace

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> My daughter have 1 leg longer than the other. She is 4 months old.

She was treated with the Ponseti method (not fully at first) the Dr.

didnt know what he was doing, but she had a Tenotomy and then 3 more

casts after that casue Dr. Ponseti fully corrected her after we

traveled to see him cause the other Dr was an idiot. Anyhow, her

current Dr. and another Ortho are currently trying to find WHY her

leg is longer than the other. She has an appt. next Mon. to get more

x-rays and an Ultrasound. The only thing said so far is maybe hip

probs (by no real other symptoms of this so less likely), and the old

saying that if you cut a tendon it can mess things up, and it CAN

(not always) make limbs longer. I'll see what they say, and I'll keep

you updated.

> Christee

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> Christee

> Mother of Josh, Aspen, Dylan &

> Lilee ~ Unilateral A-Typical Club Foot w/Cavus

> & Metatarsus Adductus

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