To all those in the middle of casts and braces and such like

[Guest guest]

My seven year old broke his elbow a couple of weeks ago and that

means we have been going to the town orthopedic. This is the same

doc that originally casted my Tenny's foot. He didn't really know

enough to do any good, in fact he did more harm than good. In the

end, the best thing he did was refer us to another doc. who could

and did fix Tenny's foot. That was about a year and a half ago. So

now I take him and all my other monkeys into the office for casting

appointments for a broken arm. The amazing thing is all of the

staff remember my Tenny. How tiny he was and how much he hated

their office, even how he cried at the sound of the doctor's voice.

(go figure the casting was painful). The looks of amazement on

their faces as Tenny (just about 2) ran around and climbed on

anything climbable was a moment to treasure. Of course, we did

discuss his treatment with the doc. His foot is just too beautiful.

(We can hope he refers any other club feet he sees out). Me, the

proud mama, just loved the oohs and ahhs and the " I can't believe

its " . It just made everything we have done to fix that foot worth

it.

So the point of this whole blurb is this: It does get better. The

long trips to get casts. Those frustrating days learning how to put

the FAB on. The exploding diapers. The sleepless nights. The joys

of sponge bathing a baby for months. It is all worth it. I will

probably watch his feet when he walks for the rest of his life,

something I don't seem to do with my other children. We still have

a few years to go, and I will probably have the urge to destroy the

FAB a few times more before we are done. His beautiful little foot

is worth everything, and I am a better person because of the

journey. It did my heart good to have the orthopedic see his foot

and talk about Ponseti. It made a rotton trip to town a bit

better. See, clubfeet can be good things.

My husband commented the other day that Tenny seemed to have a very

determined personality probably designed to help him over come his

feet. But we took the foot problems away, so now what do we do with

Tenny. I guess we enjoy him. I never seemed to notice all the

footsie things my older children did. I'm sure they all sat on the

floor and tried to cut their own toenails, but Tenny was awfully

cute trying. I know they wore big shoes around the house, but Tenny

seems to have a shoe fettish and I enjoy watching him clomp. Feet

are good. The casts will go away, the braces will not be so hard.

Hang in there, it does get better. Feet are beautiful.

Mom to Tenny rt. cf. FAB 14/7

[Guest guest]

what a beautiful sentiment to share. thanks for the encouragement.

my daughter is only 5 months old and i already get teary eyed when i

look at her feet and see her standing in her walker and see her kick

them around when she lies her back or when she's in her bath tub,

etc. etc. i'm looking forward to those days when she is jumping and

running and playing sports and even when she can wear high heels!

thanks for sharing!

jenny

and shawn-j'nee, bcf, born 01.07.06, FAB 23/7

>

> My seven year old broke his elbow a couple of weeks ago and that

> means we have been going to the town orthopedic. This is the same

> doc that originally casted my Tenny's foot. He didn't really know

> enough to do any good, in fact he did more harm than good. In the

> end, the best thing he did was refer us to another doc. who could

> and did fix Tenny's foot. That was about a year and a half ago.

So

> now I take him and all my other monkeys into the office for

casting

> appointments for a broken arm. The amazing thing is all of the

> staff remember my Tenny. How tiny he was and how much he hated

> their office, even how he cried at the sound of the doctor's

voice.

> (go figure the casting was painful). The looks of amazement on

> their faces as Tenny (just about 2) ran around and climbed on

> anything climbable was a moment to treasure. Of course, we did

> discuss his treatment with the doc. His foot is just too

beautiful.

> (We can hope he refers any other club feet he sees out). Me, the

> proud mama, just loved the oohs and ahhs and the " I can't believe

> its " . It just made everything we have done to fix that foot worth

> it.

>

> So the point of this whole blurb is this: It does get better.

The

> long trips to get casts. Those frustrating days learning how to

put

> the FAB on. The exploding diapers. The sleepless nights. The

joys

> of sponge bathing a baby for months. It is all worth it. I will

> probably watch his feet when he walks for the rest of his life,

> something I don't seem to do with my other children. We still

have

> a few years to go, and I will probably have the urge to destroy

the

> FAB a few times more before we are done. His beautiful little

foot

> is worth everything, and I am a better person because of the

> journey. It did my heart good to have the orthopedic see his foot

> and talk about Ponseti. It made a rotton trip to town a bit

> better. See, clubfeet can be good things.

>

> My husband commented the other day that Tenny seemed to have a

very

> determined personality probably designed to help him over come his

> feet. But we took the foot problems away, so now what do we do

with

> Tenny. I guess we enjoy him. I never seemed to notice all the

> footsie things my older children did. I'm sure they all sat on

the

> floor and tried to cut their own toenails, but Tenny was awfully

> cute trying. I know they wore big shoes around the house, but

Tenny

> seems to have a shoe fettish and I enjoy watching him clomp. Feet

> are good. The casts will go away, the braces will not be so

hard.

> Hang in there, it does get better. Feet are beautiful.

>

>

> Mom to Tenny rt. cf. FAB 14/7

>

[Guest guest]

,

Thank you for your words of encouragment! Aidan goes to part time wear next

week, and I am so excited! I hate that brace and definately have my days I want

to destroy it! When I see babies his age who have found there feet and are

playing with them, I get so jealous since Aidan hasn't seen his feet really in

months! I can't wait for this to be over, but like you said, his feet are

perfect, this is worth it (but that doesn't mean a lot of tears didn't go into

this process!!)

I'm glad your little one's feet turned out so well, it gives the rest of us some

hope!

Kiss his feet for us!

Lyndsey and Aidan lcf--DBB 23/7

jngrush wrote: My seven year old broke his elbow a

couple of weeks ago and that

means we have been going to the town orthopedic. This is the same

doc that originally casted my Tenny's foot. He didn't really know

enough to do any good, in fact he did more harm than good. In the

end, the best thing he did was refer us to another doc. who could

and did fix Tenny's foot. That was about a year and a half ago. So

now I take him and all my other monkeys into the office for casting

appointments for a broken arm. The amazing thing is all of the

staff remember my Tenny. How tiny he was and how much he hated

their office, even how he cried at the sound of the doctor's voice.

(go figure the casting was painful). The looks of amazement on

their faces as Tenny (just about 2) ran around and climbed on

anything climbable was a moment to treasure. Of course, we did

discuss his treatment with the doc. His foot is just too beautiful.

(We can hope he refers any other club feet he sees out). Me, the

proud mama, just loved the oohs and ahhs and the " I can't believe

its " . It just made everything we have done to fix that foot worth

it.

So the point of this whole blurb is this: It does get better. The

long trips to get casts. Those frustrating days learning how to put

the FAB on. The exploding diapers. The sleepless nights. The joys

of sponge bathing a baby for months. It is all worth it. I will

probably watch his feet when he walks for the rest of his life,

something I don't seem to do with my other children. We still have

a few years to go, and I will probably have the urge to destroy the

FAB a few times more before we are done. His beautiful little foot

is worth everything, and I am a better person because of the

journey. It did my heart good to have the orthopedic see his foot

and talk about Ponseti. It made a rotton trip to town a bit

better. See, clubfeet can be good things.

My husband commented the other day that Tenny seemed to have a very

determined personality probably designed to help him over come his

feet. But we took the foot problems away, so now what do we do with

Tenny. I guess we enjoy him. I never seemed to notice all the

footsie things my older children did. I'm sure they all sat on the

floor and tried to cut their own toenails, but Tenny was awfully

cute trying. I know they wore big shoes around the house, but Tenny

seems to have a shoe fettish and I enjoy watching him clomp. Feet

are good. The casts will go away, the braces will not be so hard.

Hang in there, it does get better. Feet are beautiful.

Mom to Tenny rt. cf. FAB 14/7

[Guest guest]

I also want to say thank you for sharing your story. We've still got

another 1.5 weeks to go before going from the last cast to the brace

and sometimes I do get down when I see the cast or hear some

insensitive comment about how we broke our little baby's leg. I've

barely seen my baby's foot and leg but so far it does look great.

thanks!

Joyce

Dylan: 16-Apr-2006 rcf

My seven year old broke his elbow

a couple of weeks ago and that

> means we have been going to the town orthopedic. This is the

same

> doc that originally casted my Tenny's foot. He didn't really

know

> enough to do any good, in fact he did more harm than good. In

the

> end, the best thing he did was refer us to another doc. who could

> and did fix Tenny's foot. That was about a year and a half ago.

So

> now I take him and all my other monkeys into the office for

casting

> appointments for a broken arm. The amazing thing is all of the

> staff remember my Tenny. How tiny he was and how much he hated

> their office, even how he cried at the sound of the doctor's

voice.

> (go figure the casting was painful). The looks of amazement on

> their faces as Tenny (just about 2) ran around and climbed on

> anything climbable was a moment to treasure. Of course, we did

> discuss his treatment with the doc. His foot is just too

beautiful.

> (We can hope he refers any other club feet he sees out). Me, the

> proud mama, just loved the oohs and ahhs and the " I can't believe

> its " . It just made everything we have done to fix that foot

worth

> it.

>

> So the point of this whole blurb is this: It does get better.

The

> long trips to get casts. Those frustrating days learning how to

put

> the FAB on. The exploding diapers. The sleepless nights. The

joys

> of sponge bathing a baby for months. It is all worth it. I will

> probably watch his feet when he walks for the rest of his life,

> something I don't seem to do with my other children. We still

have

> a few years to go, and I will probably have the urge to destroy

the

> FAB a few times more before we are done. His beautiful little

foot

> is worth everything, and I am a better person because of the

> journey. It did my heart good to have the orthopedic see his

foot

> and talk about Ponseti. It made a rotton trip to town a bit

> better. See, clubfeet can be good things.

>

> My husband commented the other day that Tenny seemed to have a

very

> determined personality probably designed to help him over come

his

> feet. But we took the foot problems away, so now what do we do

with

> Tenny. I guess we enjoy him. I never seemed to notice all the

> footsie things my older children did. I'm sure they all sat on

the

> floor and tried to cut their own toenails, but Tenny was awfully

> cute trying. I know they wore big shoes around the house, but

Tenny

> seems to have a shoe fettish and I enjoy watching him clomp.

Feet

> are good. The casts will go away, the braces will not be so

hard.

> Hang in there, it does get better. Feet are beautiful.

>

>

> Mom to Tenny rt. cf. FAB 14/7

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[Guest guest]

I guess I don't feel any real emotion towards the FAB either way. Except in

those first couple weeks when the markell shoes were hurting Everett (before we

switched to s), I've never just " hated " the brace. Don't love it, but

don't hate it either. It just is. What I look at Nat, is other kid's feet,

lol. Oh I'm always micro analyzing my own children's feet too - but I look at

" normal " feet with a morbid curiosity at how weird they look to me.

I hope the broken arm heals easily!

s.

Re: To all those in the middle of casts and

braces and such like

,

Thank you for your words of encouragment! Aidan goes to part time wear next

week, and I am so excited! I hate that brace and definately have my days I want

to destroy it! When I see babies his age who have found there feet and are

playing with them, I get so jealous since Aidan hasn't seen his feet really in

months! I can't wait for this to be over, but like you said, his feet are

perfect, this is worth it (but that doesn't mean a lot of tears didn't go into

this process!!)

I'm glad your little one's feet turned out so well, it gives the rest of us

some hope!

Kiss his feet for us!

Lyndsey and Aidan lcf--DBB 23/7

jngrush wrote: My seven year old broke his elbow a

couple of weeks ago and that

means we have been going to the town orthopedic. This is the same

doc that originally casted my Tenny's foot. He didn't really know

enough to do any good, in fact he did more harm than good. In the

end, the best thing he did was refer us to another doc. who could

and did fix Tenny's foot. That was about a year and a half ago. So

now I take him and all my other monkeys into the office for casting

appointments for a broken arm. The amazing thing is all of the

staff remember my Tenny. How tiny he was and how much he hated

their office, even how he cried at the sound of the doctor's voice.

(go figure the casting was painful). The looks of amazement on

their faces as Tenny (just about 2) ran around and climbed on

anything climbable was a moment to treasure. Of course, we did

discuss his treatment with the doc. His foot is just too beautiful.

(We can hope he refers any other club feet he sees out). Me, the

proud mama, just loved the oohs and ahhs and the " I can't believe

its " . It just made everything we have done to fix that foot worth

it.

So the point of this whole blurb is this: It does get better. The

long trips to get casts. Those frustrating days learning how to put

the FAB on. The exploding diapers. The sleepless nights. The joys

of sponge bathing a baby for months. It is all worth it. I will

probably watch his feet when he walks for the rest of his life,

something I don't seem to do with my other children. We still have

a few years to go, and I will probably have the urge to destroy the

FAB a few times more before we are done. His beautiful little foot

is worth everything, and I am a better person because of the

journey. It did my heart good to have the orthopedic see his foot

and talk about Ponseti. It made a rotton trip to town a bit

better. See, clubfeet can be good things.

My husband commented the other day that Tenny seemed to have a very

determined personality probably designed to help him over come his

feet. But we took the foot problems away, so now what do we do with

Tenny. I guess we enjoy him. I never seemed to notice all the

footsie things my older children did. I'm sure they all sat on the

floor and tried to cut their own toenails, but Tenny was awfully

cute trying. I know they wore big shoes around the house, but Tenny

seems to have a shoe fettish and I enjoy watching him clomp. Feet

are good. The casts will go away, the braces will not be so hard.

Hang in there, it does get better. Feet are beautiful.

Mom to Tenny rt. cf. FAB 14/7