Re: new to group - lots of questions

January 9, 2006

Thanks so much for your response. I'll check into Dr. Hamilton too. I emailed

ish Rite and Shriners on Friday and ish Rite called me today. I was

really impressed with their quick response. I talked with a nurse and a

physical therapist. The nurse said that we would need a doctor's referral once

the baby is born and the treatment is at no cost to us. Of course, that's a

huge plus. The therapist who I talked with said that they use two treatment

options that they believe work equally and so it is the family's choice. They

offer the Ponseti method or a French technique that does not require casting.

The only problem for us with the French technique is that it requires daily

therapy in the office for the first several weeks. That would be hard on us

because of the drive. (And yes, we do live in Tyler - good guess!)

I'm glad to hear that your daughter is responding well to the treatment. What

stage is she at now?

Thanks again - we'll keep in touch.

Lesley

Carol Shelton wrote:

Welcome! I am in Fort Worth, Texas and am using Dr. Hinton Hamilton at Cook

Children's Hospital. He uses the Ponseti method. I am not familiar with other

docs in the area...sorry I can't be of more help there. We like Dr. Hamilton,

though. You must be near Tyler, huh?

We discovered our baby girl's bilateral club feet at a 16 week sono so I

understand the need to try and figure it out while she is in utero. I did the

same thing. What I was told by the docs is that it is not possible to tell the

severity of the club foot until after birth when the stiffness can be evaluated.

It was hard waiting to see my baby's feet until after she was born. They are

correcting nicely, though.

Please keep my email and stay in touch if you decide to come to the metroplex

for treatment. I am new at this process, too, but would be glad to offer any

support that I can. THis is a great group, BTW. It has been invaluable to me.

BTW, congrats on your baby girl!

Carol and , bcf, 10-27-05

new to group - lots of questions

During a recent sonogram at 22 weeks of pregnancy, it was confirmed

that our daughter has a club foot. It is a left unilateral. I am

just now starting on the search for the right doctor/hospital and

trying to learn as much as possible.

Is there anyone out there who used ish Rite in Dallas or Shriners

in Shreveport LA? We live in between and could travel to either. Any

feedback on doctors in this area would be greatly appreciated.

Also, I have noticed in most of the pictures of babies with a club

foot that the toes point toward the other foot and the bottom of the

foot faces backwards. In our sonogram, the baby's foot was at a 90

degree angle with the bottom of the foot facing the inside of her

right leg and her toes were parallel with her legs - big toe at top.

I haven't learned all of the different terms yet - is there a special

term for this?

Thanks in advance for any info you can provide to a mom who isn't " in

the know " yet!

January 11, 2006

I'd be checking the sucess rates of the French Method; my understanding is they

are much lower while still requireing a much, much higher rate of

medically-related involvement as you mentioned.

s.