Re: Question/Introduction

[Guest guest]

Hi Amber - welcome to the group! My son Hayden wiggled out of more casts than

I can remember and it can be a problem because it changes the way the foot is

being corrected, so they should be changed ASAP. His new doctor has a

technique for preventing the cast slippage that I would be happy to explain to

you if you'd like to relay it to your doctor and he wants to try it. Hayden

has not slipped one cast with the new doctor I'm happy to say!

clayboyxbunny wrote: Hello all, my name is

Amber. I'm 19 years of age, and my son Keegan

is only 1 month old. I'm here obviously because of his club foot. I

was surprised to see so many others in a situation much like mine.

I've never heard of the condidition before giving birth to him, and

I was happy to hear that it isn't terribly serious. (In a sense it

is, but if that's the only problem he has, then I'm happy with that.

It could be a lot worse.)

Anyway, he's currently on his third cast so far, we went on

wednesday to get that one put on him.. this one is slightly turned

the other way, so he was quite uncomfortable when we got home that

day. He must have done a lot fo squirming underneath that cast,

because last night I noticed that his foot had gone up into the cast

a bit.. this didn't alarm me, as it did the last time as well, and

they told me I could just call in if it happened again. Since it was

very late at night, I was going to call first thing in the morning.

When I went into his room to feed him at 6am ish this morning, I

noticed that the entire leg cast had come off.

I can't help but giggle at him. 1 month old and he's strong enough

to wiggle out of an entire leg cast! I've never heard of anyone

being able to do that.

My question is: Has this happened to any of you? And how did the

doctors treat the situation? Did they have you come right in as soon

as it happened? It's friday so the office closes as of 4 today. and

they can't get me in, they think it'll be monday. This seems odd to

me, because I figured they'd have me come in as soon as possible. As

long as it doesn't mess up the progress he;s made already, I don't

mind waiting that long. It's already been so nice being able to bath

him properly, and let him sleep comfortably on his tummy right

beside me. I know he loves it too, you can tell he's very relieved

to have his leg exposed again. It's very swollen, so that warm bath

must have felt wonderful.

Okay, I'll stop babbling. Just curious to see if this has happened

to any of you before.

- Amber

[Guest guest]

Hi Amber! My daughter (6 weeks old with bcf) has never slipped a

cast or kicked one off. Her doc (a great orthopedist who uses the

Ponseti method) told me that if the cast slips on her foot at all

that I should take it off, as it is worse to have it on improperly

than not on at all. That was his advice to us, anyway, although we

have not had it happen.

Before casting her, he " paints " her lower leg with a sticky, yellow

solution (don't know what it is exactly) and then wraps the leg with

cotton batting. This makes the cast stick. He uses the fiberglass

wrap casts rather than the plaster ones, but it has worked to keep

the casts on. She has never had slippage. Hope you can figure out

your little guy's cast slippage problem. I know I would be

frustrated with that problem. Take care,

Carol and , bcf, 10-27-05, serial casting

-- In nosurgery4clubfoot , Cohen

<missmamamoon@y...> wrote:

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> Hi Amber - welcome to the group! My son Hayden wiggled out of

more casts than I can remember and it can be a problem because it

changes the way the foot is being corrected, so they should be

changed ASAP. His new doctor has a technique for preventing the

cast slippage that I would be happy to explain to you if you'd like

to relay it to your doctor and he wants to try it. Hayden has not

slipped one cast with the new doctor I'm happy to say!

>

> clayboyxbunny <clayboyxbunny@y...> wrote: Hello all, my

name is Amber. I'm 19 years of age, and my son Keegan

> is only 1 month old. I'm here obviously because of his club

foot. I

> was surprised to see so many others in a situation much like

mine.

> I've never heard of the condidition before giving birth to him,

and

> I was happy to hear that it isn't terribly serious. (In a sense

it

> is, but if that's the only problem he has, then I'm happy with

that.

> It could be a lot worse.)

>

> Anyway, he's currently on his third cast so far, we went on

> wednesday to get that one put on him.. this one is slightly

turned

> the other way, so he was quite uncomfortable when we got home

that

> day. He must have done a lot fo squirming underneath that cast,

> because last night I noticed that his foot had gone up into the

cast

> a bit.. this didn't alarm me, as it did the last time as well,

and

> they told me I could just call in if it happened again. Since it

was

> very late at night, I was going to call first thing in the

morning.

> When I went into his room to feed him at 6am ish this morning, I

> noticed that the entire leg cast had come off.

>

> I can't help but giggle at him. 1 month old and he's strong

enough

> to wiggle out of an entire leg cast! I've never heard of anyone

> being able to do that.

>

> My question is: Has this happened to any of you? And how did the

> doctors treat the situation? Did they have you come right in as

soon

> as it happened? It's friday so the office closes as of 4 today.

and

> they can't get me in, they think it'll be monday. This seems odd

to

> me, because I figured they'd have me come in as soon as

possible. As

> long as it doesn't mess up the progress he;s made already, I

don't

> mind waiting that long. It's already been so nice being able to

bath

> him properly, and let him sleep comfortably on his tummy right

> beside me. I know he loves it too, you can tell he's very

relieved

> to have his leg exposed again. It's very swollen, so that warm

bath

> must have felt wonderful.

>

> Okay, I'll stop babbling. Just curious to see if this has

happened

> to any of you before.

>

> - Amber

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