Guest guest Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 oh, and yes, he is back in the shoes at age 4 1/2 and tolerating them well. > > > > 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 > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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