Re: Our Success....We pray it continues.

[Guest guest]

Kudos to Dr. Dobbs and and his staff at Shriners in St. Louis!

We've only been with him for almost a year now, and things are just

wonderful. Yes, there are bumps along the way, but you'll have that with

anything.

Our little man Mason is almost a year old(boy, where does the time go?),

and we just keep praying to that things keep progressing forward.

Best of luck to all in the future.

Niki & Mason(5-23-05, RCF dobbs brace, 15/7)

Our Success....We pray it continues.

Hello to All,

I haven't been on the site in a very long time. I decided to check in

just today to see how everyone was doing. I thought that it might be

nice to share our story with some of you in order to give a little

light at the end of the tunnel.

Our story began back in 2003. Our little boy, Zack, was born with bi-

lateral clubfeet. I am not one to be politically correct so please

forgive me if I don't use the correct terminology. Anyway, my

husband and I were scared to death. We had never even heard of

clubfoot. We were quickly referred to Shriners in St.Louis where we

were introduced to Dr. Dobbs and his wonderful staff. After meeting

with Dr. Dobbs and discussing our treatment methods it was obviously

a no-brainer to choose the non-surgical method. We began the casting

process and got through that with essentially no problems. After

nearly 3 months of casting and a tenotamy, we were then introduced to

the DBB. We were under the assumption that the casting was the hard

part.....WRONG. Zack soon had some blisters and pressure spots,

would pull out, cry, he was unhappy, we were unhappy, we felt like it

was a nightmare. My husband and I had a heart-to -heart about the

situation and realized that WE could not give up but we had to ask

for some help with our situation.

This is where Dr. Dobbs, , and stepped in. They came

to my rescue on several occasions. They listened, told me what I

needed to hear but not always what I wanted to hear. Never the

less...they helped get us through the tough times. I made three

trips in one week to get the DBB to fit right. I worked with the

shoe shop and they in turn worked with me. Before we knew it Zack

had great flexibility and was wearing the DBB like a pro. He turned

over and crawled and began to pull up in the bar as well. Zack of

course is now 3 and only wears the bar at night. Looking at him

today you would never know that he ever had a birth defect. I will

always be thankful for Dr. Dobbs, , and the rest of

the staff at Shriners in St. Louis. They have always went out of

their way to make us feel like we were appreciated and taken

seriously. I would like to tell all new parents to keep the faith

and stick with it. Don't give up and no matter what don't blame

everything on the bar. The bar is a good thing and should be viewed

as such. We always told Zack about how special he was to get to wear

the DBB. It is all in the attitude. It takes a while sometimes to

get to that place but once you do things will start to look up. Pray

that our last year goes well. Zack, I know is well on his way!!! We

would love to help anyone in any way that we can.

Sincerely,

Nikki, Mike, and Zack s

[Guest guest]

Thank you for your post. You are absolutely right - the shoes and

bar have been the hard part for me - so many times I catch myself

questioning what we are doing, but deep down I know it is the right

thing. It is great to hear encouraging stories from those of you

who have been here a while! Thanks for sharing. Best of luck in

the future!

kaci

>

> Hello to All,

>

> I haven't been on the site in a very long time. I decided to check

in

> just today to see how everyone was doing. I thought that it might

be

> nice to share our story with some of you in order to give a little

> light at the end of the tunnel.

>

> Our story began back in 2003. Our little boy, Zack, was born with

bi-

> lateral clubfeet. I am not one to be politically correct so please

> forgive me if I don't use the correct terminology. Anyway, my

> husband and I were scared to death. We had never even heard of

> clubfoot. We were quickly referred to Shriners in St.Louis where

we

> were introduced to Dr. Dobbs and his wonderful staff. After

meeting

> with Dr. Dobbs and discussing our treatment methods it was

obviously

> a no-brainer to choose the non-surgical method. We began the

casting

> process and got through that with essentially no problems. After

> nearly 3 months of casting and a tenotamy, we were then introduced

to

> the DBB. We were under the assumption that the casting was the

hard

> part.....WRONG. Zack soon had some blisters and pressure spots,

> would pull out, cry, he was unhappy, we were unhappy, we felt like

it

> was a nightmare. My husband and I had a heart-to -heart about the

> situation and realized that WE could not give up but we had to ask

> for some help with our situation.

>

> This is where Dr. Dobbs, , and stepped in. They

came

> to my rescue on several occasions. They listened, told me what I

> needed to hear but not always what I wanted to hear. Never the

> less...they helped get us through the tough times. I made three

> trips in one week to get the DBB to fit right. I worked with the

> shoe shop and they in turn worked with me. Before we knew it Zack

> had great flexibility and was wearing the DBB like a pro. He

turned

> over and crawled and began to pull up in the bar as well. Zack of

> course is now 3 and only wears the bar at night. Looking at him

> today you would never know that he ever had a birth defect. I

will

> always be thankful for Dr. Dobbs, , and the rest of

> the staff at Shriners in St. Louis. They have always went out of

> their way to make us feel like we were appreciated and taken

> seriously. I would like to tell all new parents to keep the faith

> and stick with it. Don't give up and no matter what don't blame

> everything on the bar. The bar is a good thing and should be

viewed

> as such. We always told Zack about how special he was to get to

wear

> the DBB. It is all in the attitude. It takes a while sometimes

to

> get to that place but once you do things will start to look up.

Pray

> that our last year goes well. Zack, I know is well on his way!!!

We

> would love to help anyone in any way that we can.

>

> Sincerely,

> Nikki, Mike, and Zack s

>