Re: Re: Cast removal question

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Hi Kaci,

My daughter Maddie had almost the same problem. She was casted a day after

she was born. Then, the doctors realized she didn't have the heel prick

bloodwork. The nurses drew blood from her arm, like they do with adults, just

with a teeny needle. Just a thought.

- Michele

5/18/02 and Maddie 9/6/05 bcf

jennyandkelly wrote:

Welcome, Kaci & !

If your doctor is using the Ponseti method, the casts shouldn't be

removed until just before the appointment or at the appointment,

because some correction will likely be lost.

Hopefully your ortho will have a solution for you where they can

either draw the blood, or they can arrange for the appointments to

be back-to-back that morning or some other compromise. Make sure

that you get the feedback from someone qualified at the ortho office

though (someone who is in the know about the Ponseti method) not

just a general nurse or assistant! Otherwise, I guess you would have

to deal with that slight setback. Which is probably not the end of

the world since it's something that needs to be done. If you can

talk directly to the ortho, that would probably be the best source

to advise you on this since he/she knows how well 's feet

have been responding and could give you an idea of how much of a set

back it might be to have them uncasted for the night.

Keep us posted!

& (3-16-00, left clubfoot)

http://ponseticlubfoot.freeservers.com/

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> Hi. I am a newbie so I'll give a quick intro. My name is Kaci,

my

> son was born Dec 17 with bcf. He is currently on his 3rd

> set of casts and our dr told us he will need 2-3 more after these

> are removed. We recently received a letter that the blood sample

> submitted for the newborn screening tests was not correct and they

> were unable to perform the tests so the bloodwork needs to be

> repeated. My pediatrician told me that they can only get the

needed

> amount of blood from his heel. He gave us 2 options - we can go

in

> to his office the day before 's next casting and they will

> remove the casts and do the bloodwork, or we can see if there is

> someone at the ortho office who can do the bloodwork.

>

> I have a call in to to the ortho office to find out what they want

> to do but my question is, is it ok to remove the casts the day

> before he gets new ones? I have read of different people soaking

> the casts off the night before, and I have read in other places

that

> the casts should not stay off overnight because of regression.

What

> are your experiences?

>

> Thanks,

> Kaci

>