Re: Visit with local Ortho

[Guest guest]

Jen- this is great! It's nice to hear of a doc who is putting their

patients first (the way it should be!). I think there are a lot of

them who instead of referring the children on when they can't

properly correct the feet, do surgery instead. Could be some put

their egos before the children!

Jenn

>

> I just wanted to share a very interesting conversation that I had

today! I

> had to take my older son (not my clubfoot kid) in to see our local

> orthopedic surgeon because he broke his fifth metatarsal. This

doctor is

> new to this area and was not around when Livie (my clubfoot kid)

was born.

> He is also not a pediatric orthopedic surgeon. While I was there

I decided

> to ask him if he ever treats clubfoot kids since Livie was

referred to the

> old local ortho when she was born. He said that he doesn't treat

clubfoot

> anymore because he rarely gets a referral and doesn't feel that he

gets

> enough practice. So my next question was what would you do if you

did get a

> clubfoot baby? I almost fell out of my seat when he said that he

would

> immediately send them to see Dr. Herzenberg. Keep in mind that we

live in

> Western Pennsylvania and Baltimore is a 6+ hour drive from here.

Turns out

> he did his pediatric rotation under Dr. Herzenberg and has had

training

> under Dr. Ponseti. I told him that Livie was born with a

clubfoot. He

> asked if she had had surgery and I told him she had not and that

Dr. Ponseti

> was her doctor. He was very impressed!

>

> I was impressed that he knew of and had used the Ponseti method in

the past

> and also that he does not treat clubfoot anymore since he so

rarely uses it.

> I am thrilled beyond belief that we have a local ortho who is

aware of the

> Ponseti method and willing to send patients to a Ponseti using

doctor!!

>

> I left my name and number with him just in case he does get a

referral to

> pass on to any parents who want to speak to a been there done that

Mom.

>

> Woo-HOO!!

>

> By the by, my older child's break is healing nicely!!

>

> Jen & Livie (10-18-01 severe left clubfoot)

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