Re: To castlady...........

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your note. We saw Mark Fisher at Children's for the

femur/spica cast (I believe he is also with orthopaedic consultants),

then at Gillette for the tibia fracture/walking cast.

wants to see us again in April for clubfeet follow-up. Last time we

saw him Calvin was getting a cast cut off so he isn't really aware yet

that there are some concerns with the foot of the leg that has been

twice broken.

It was actually Ponseti who told us last week that he may need the

anterior tendon transfer surgery ( " simple surgery " as he put it, but

not so simple to me). Yes we are back in the shoes at night per

Ponseti's recommendation and he is tolerating it well. But he also

told us to wait and see, so I guess that's what we'll do. We'll be

back to in April for follow-up on this end to see what he has

to say, I guess to get as many opinions as possible, so maybe we'll

come see you, too, if it gets to that!

Jen

> >

> > Hi Beth, I haven't been on here in a REALLY long time. You might

> > remember us, my son is Calvin and we were living in Japan and were

> > treated by Dr. Ponseti, then relocated to Minneapolis. I met you at

> > Gillette.

> >

> > Are you still at Gillette? I asked and they said you had left. I

> saw

> > your posts about the Philippines projects and wondered what you are

> > doing now.

> >

> > We've had a bit of a HORRIBLE year. Calvin broke his femur and

> spent

> > 8 weeks in a full body cast. We took him to Children's here and he

> > was treated by an on call doctor. About a a month after the spica

> > cast came off he suffered a hairline fracture of the distal tibia of

> > the same leg, and we took him to Gillette. He was in a walking

> cast.

> >

> > He's been out of that cast for about 6 weeks now and is still

> limping

> > a bit. We were on a road trip last week and I decided to take him

> to

> > Iowa to see what Dr. P. had to say. Dr. P. is concerned about the

> > right foot and thinks that the spica foot may have messed up that

> foot

> > a bit. He put us back in the shoes (Calvin is now 4 1/2 and the

> Drs.

> > at Gillette had recommended against that and gave us something else)

> > and wants us to watch his foot. He thinks he may need the ATT

> > surgery. Big bummer, but we'll see how it goes. He also has an

> > appointment scheduled in April at Gillette as a follow-up for all

> of this.

> >

> > Anyway I was just curious what you are up to with clubfoot if you

> > aren't at Gillette anymore.

> >

> > Jen

> >

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