Re: Re: popping cast update

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Ok. We're back from seeing the ortho. He checked Marcus's leg/foot. He couldn't

understand where the popping sound could have come from. Everything checked out

ok. Marcus's foot looked good. To me, it really doesn't look much different than

it looked before this cast...maybe just a tad more straight on the outside of

the sole. I had emailed Dr. P and he seemed confident in our ortho's decisions,

so I decided to just leave it up to him to decide what to do..whether to put on

another cast or just come back to the shoes. He did a very thorough exam of the

foot and seemed confident in just going back to the shoes. He said the tibia

bone was in a good outward position, which means it will help keep the foot in

good alignment. He seemed to think that the c-shape (adductus) had corrected to

where it would not be of any problem. When I get a chance (maybe tomorrow) I

will take some pictures of the foot and post them. I'd like to know what you all

think. Thanks!

wrote: Good luck with your appt and hope this

cast did the trick! I would

have taken the cast off too if I kept hearing poping sounds like that

goin on! Glad you didn't have a heart attack with dh sawing off the

cast lol, good for him! Let us know what your ortho has to way =)

& Grace 18mos

urcf FAB 13hrs

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> We took off Marcus's cast Saturday night due to my worry of the

popping sound I was hearing from within the cast. We weren't really

supposed to take it off until Sunday, but since I had the s,

I figured we would just put him in the shoes until the appt. with the

ortho. By the way, my husband was home this time so we soaked the

casts in some warm, soapy water. My husband unwrapped as much of the

cast as he could and then, (to my horror!) he said he had a little

electric saw that he would use to cut off the rest of the cast. I

thought he was nuts, but he kept insisting that it was similar to the

cast saw they use at the Dr's office. I was sweating bullets the

whole time, but he took it off in less than 2 minutes and without any

problems. What a relief! Anyway, the foot looks good. The toes seemed

a little curled down again (probably just from the cast again). It's

just really hard for me to tell if the foot is 100% straight (without

that c-shape). I did the " V " test and I

> didn't notice any difference between his left and right feet. But

then again, it's hard for me to judge the foot when it is just barely

out of the cast. I think it takes a few days before the shape of the

foot really becomes visible. It does look better though, so I will

just wait to see what the ortho says this afternoon. I didn't notice

anything unusual in the knee or ankle area so I really have no idea

where that popping in the cast came from.

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> Mom to Marcus 11/05 LCF - s 23/7

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