Guest guest Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 We finally had our appointment with Dr.Colburn today. We appreciated that he took time to explain things and were relieved to find that he found her foot could be given a try at this age. She started out with mild clubfoot I guess which is probably why it was not detected this far. Anyway, she has the first long cast on. She is taking it all stoically and sort of believes us when we all indicated to her that the cast is the coolest thing. I was wondering about one thing though and have just e-mailed Dr.Colburn about it. Wanted to get mom's perceptions from here too. I thought that the cast should look pretty straight upto the foot and then just the foot will turn outward for correction. Her cast looks as though the whole leg is turned outward with the foot going a litle bit more. Maybe I am just imnagining things and just the weight of the cast acting to move the whole leg to the out. Wanted to know if anyone has seen/thought of the long casts this way? She is not complaining so far and seems OK with the Cast. But then it has only been a few hours. She has plaster cast reinforced with fiberglass and a liitle shoes for the cast that Dr.Colburn gave in case she tries to walk on smooth surfaces! Lalitha Grace's Mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 15, 2005 Report Share Posted December 15, 2005 Lalitha, have you seen the pictures of casting in the following sites? it might help. http://www.vh.org/pediatric/patient/orthopaedics/clubfeet/index.html (check out Cotton's website in Testimonials) Also this one: http://www.global-help.org/publications/cf-english.pdf Sometimes the casts can indeed look very strange. my daughter had casting done in Iowa at 6 months old, after previous unsuccessful treatment, and a couple were extremely turned out. In one, her foot was almost pointing backwards it was so far rotated. Dr. Ponseti said it had to be done that way because of something related to her previous treatment .. amazingly it didn't seem uncomfortable for her. but looked extreme! So glad you were able to see Dr. Colburn.. and that Grace is doing well with it. How long will she wear it? Did he say how many he expects she'll need? Has he talked to you about the FAB? <lnedungadan@y...> wrote: > > We finally had our appointment with Dr.Colburn > today. We appreciated that he took time to explain > things and were relieved to find that he found her > foot could be given a try at this age. She started > out with mild clubfoot I guess which is probably > why it was not detected this far. > > Anyway, she has the first long cast on. She is > taking it all stoically and sort of believes us when > we all indicated to her that the cast is the > coolest thing. I was wondering about one thing > though and have just e-mailed Dr.Colburn about it. > Wanted to get mom's perceptions from here too. > > I thought that the cast should look pretty straight > upto the foot and then just the foot will turn outward > for correction. Her cast looks as though the whole > leg is turned outward with the foot going a litle bit more. > Maybe I am just imnagining things and just the weight of > the cast acting to move the whole leg to the out. > Wanted to know if anyone has seen/thought of the > long casts this way? > > She is not complaining so far and seems OK with the Cast. > But then it has only been a few hours. She has plaster > cast reinforced with fiberglass and a liitle shoes > for the cast that Dr.Colburn gave in case she tries > to walk on smooth surfaces! > > Lalitha > Grace's Mom > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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