Guest guest Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 My daughter is 6 and a half months old. She has bilateral clubfoot. She has already had an Achilles Tendon lengthening on both feet. Her left foot is looking amazing but her right foot still needs a little work. However, it was a really long haul to get here. na's had treatment (casting Ponseti method) since she was 6 days old. nas doctor is researching the use of botox with these babies. So na had 3 injections while most babies only have one. In my opinion it did not work at all for na. na has also been placed under general anaesthetic 6 times-half of those times being mistakes the doctors made. After nas surgery(Achilles Tendon and they put pins to hold her in her casts)-Dec 1, 2005-they put her casts on too tight, so they had to put her back to sleep again to change her casts. After 3 weeks of the cast, they started to smell, so we had to go again-they put her to sleep and once again put her casts on too tight. So when we got home, I took her to another hospital, and they split her casts in the front to give a few millimetres leway. Anyways, they also did that once before her surgery as well. To add to this, they cut her feet both times they had to use the saw so she has 2 huge scars going all the way up her feet because of more mistakes. By the way, thanks everyone for letting me know about this site But now, na has custom made Ankle Foot Orthoses (AFO) and we are gonna start trying the Dennis Browne boots and bars at night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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