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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