Re: Second tenotomy surgery. What to expect?

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Hi ,

I guess I don't know why he will be in the casts 6 weeks. I thought

maybe this was typical. From what Dr. Noonan told me it is the same

tenotomy procedure he had done at 10 weeks. So I'm not sure what the

difference is beteen the open-incision and the percutaneous.

I don't believe he ever had the ideal dorsiflexion. His left foot is

very good, but the right is tight. Even though his left foot is good

Dr. Noonan says he is going to " tweek it up " . He did say that he

typically wait until a year to do this procedure but is trying it a

bit earlier on Aidan and anticipates better results.

So here is the lowdown of his treatment. Casts at 3 weeks until he

was 9 weeks at which time he had a tenotomy and was casted for 3 more

weeks after. At that point he went into the Denis Brown Shoes the

day before I returned to work. I was an overwhelmed mess. Then one

week later my father died unexpectedly. In addition to the shoes he

was given a regimen of weekly physical therapy at the clinic and PT

with mom 3 times daily which just consisted of stretching and

inticing the little guy to get moving. I believe the goal was to get

full dorsiflexion.

Aidan's physical therapist agrees that she thinks it a good idea to

do this sooner and not wait until he is a year, but she was also

confused by the 6 week casting.

I hope this is what you wanted to know.

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> > My son Aidan is 8 1/2 months old and he is having his second

> tenotomy

> > on Tuesday. He will be going into casts for six weeks following

the

> > surgery. I'm extremely discouraged after all the hard work and

> > physical therapy.

> >

> > Can anyone give me an idea of what the next few weeks post

surgery

> > might be like for us? What his discomfort level might be, his

> > frustration level etc. . . I'd appreciate any help.

> >

> > Thanks everyone.

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