update on Sophie/dr. Frick

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Hello everyone,

Wondering if anyone can tell me their experience w/ Dr. Frick in Charlotte.

We saw him for a second opinion yesterday on my 4 mo old Sophie. Her heels

had not been sitting all the way in the p/m brace, and her legs and feet had

looked black and blue and puffy several nights in a row. (anyone ever had

this happen?)

Frick confirmed her feet were not corrected completely, and he had a hard

time dorsiflexing them to neutral. She will need a 2nd tenotomy in 2 wks.

We are nervous about that but Frick seemed great and I'm at least relieved

to have a doctor whose opinion we can trust.

I think hewill be worth the 4-5 hr drive every few weeks, but just wondering

if anyone can reassure me especially as he'll be doing the procedure and

we've only met him once. He's doing general anesthesia b/c of her age.

yikes. She had it the 1st tenotomy also and that was the worst part.

He's on Ponseti's list and I know is in close contact w/ him and Herzenberg,

and he seemed extremely knowledgeable. His own son, interestingly, was born

w/ bilateral cf and he said he's 15 and continues to have problems w/his

feet, and has had 9 surgeries. Dont know what the deal was w/ that, maybe

that was pre-Ponseti.

Thanks all,

Zoe