Advice about emailing Dr Ponseti

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Hello everybody,

I sent an email to Dr. Ponseti asking for an advice about the

situation of my son feet. He has bilateral clubfeet, treated with

Ponseti method: tenotomy has been performed 6 weeks ago and then we

tried the DBB but without success because of a variety of factors

(bar length was wrong, etc etc.)

We ordered the P/M brace which arrived today (thanks Jean!) and we

are going to bring it to our Dr. as he has never seen it (we are in

Italy): according to him, the right foot is good with a almost

sufficient dorsiflexion, but the left is relapsing.

He believes that a second tenotomy would be needed but he is not

very happy to perform it now as the left foot tendon is not yet well

healed.

I emailed dr., Ponseti providing a description of my situation and a

link where he can find the latest pics of the feet but I still

haven't got any reply (9 days have been passed already): I know that

he is extremely busy so what is your advice? It is better to wait

some more time or write again?

I really would like to know a second opinion to share with my Dr. in

order not to waste time and let the poor feet relapsing too much.

If you want to have a look at the pics, follow this link:

http://photobucket.com/albums/d76/luciana_venturin/

Any comments will be appreciated

Ciao from Italy

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