Re: 7 MONTHS AND A WAYS TO GO

[Guest guest]

Welcome to the group. I'm sorry that your son's journey to

corrected feet has been so difficult! I hope that you will feel a

bit of reassurance in knowing that Dr. Ignacio Ponseti at the

University of Iowa is the world's leading authority on clubfoot and

he will be able to help your son.

Can you tell us who your current doctor is? I would highly

recommend that you seek out the advice of Dr. Ponseti before

consenting to this third surgery. I'm not sure where you're

located, but we can give you advice on getting to Iowa City to see

Dr. Ponseti in person if you're interested.

You can start by emailing him pictures of your son's feet and a

description of his treatment and surgeries thus far.

Have you been to Dr. Ponseti's website at all?

Hang in there, we're here to help you any way we can!

Regards,

& (3-16-00, lcf)

http://ponseticlubfoot.freeservers.com/

http://members.tripod.com/ponseti_links-ivil

>

> My son is 7 months old. He was born with a severe case of club

> foot. We did the serial casting starting when he was 2 days old.

> We did that for approximately 12 weeks. At that time he had his

> first tendon lengthening surgery. After surgery, he was casted

for

> the 3 week period and then we were told he needed the orthopedic

> shoes. We tried the shoes for 12 more weeks. They kept falling

off

> and they weren't doing what they were supposed to do, they weren't

> correcting his foot. So the doctor said we needed to do another

> tendon lengthening surgery (this one they lengthened the tendon

that

> elongated the big toe). After surgery he was casted for 2 weeks.

> After those casts came off, the foot still wasn't coming up (to a

> right angle), so we are back to casting weekly. Our most recent

> appointment was the Monday before the 4th of July and the doctor

> said that the casting isn't giving the results that he had hoped

> for, so we may have to do a third tendon lengthening

surgery....this

> time on the peroneus longus tendon. I'm starting to wonder how

many

> more of these surgeries we are going to have to go through. I've

> tried to find other information on the web, but there is so much

> that is not known about this deformity.

> Anyone have any reassuring input/advice?

>

[Guest guest]

I would seek a second opinion from a certified Ponseti Dr. And I would email Dr.

Ponseti some pictures, and tell him what's going on. He doesnt charge! THe

Ponseti method works 98% if done properly. What's it gonna hurt?

7 MONTHS AND A WAYS TO GO

My son is 7 months old. He was born with a severe case of club

foot. We did the serial casting starting when he was 2 days old.

We did that for approximately 12 weeks. At that time he had his

first tendon lengthening surgery. After surgery, he was casted for

the 3 week period and then we were told he needed the orthopedic

shoes. We tried the shoes for 12 more weeks. They kept falling off

and they weren't doing what they were supposed to do, they weren't

correcting his foot. So the doctor said we needed to do another

tendon lengthening surgery (this one they lengthened the tendon that

elongated the big toe). After surgery he was casted for 2 weeks.

After those casts came off, the foot still wasn't coming up (to a

right angle), so we are back to casting weekly. Our most recent

appointment was the Monday before the 4th of July and the doctor

said that the casting isn't giving the results that he had hoped

for, so we may have to do a third tendon lengthening surgery....this

time on the peroneus longus tendon. I'm starting to wonder how many

more of these surgeries we are going to have to go through. I've

tried to find other information on the web, but there is so much

that is not known about this deformity.

Anyone have any reassuring input/advice?

[Guest guest]

Well, that is the method that our current dr. is using. He has actually met

with Dr. Ponseti in person also.

Do you have the email address for Dr. Ponseti?

7 MONTHS AND A WAYS TO GO

My son is 7 months old. He was born with a severe case of club

foot. We did the serial casting starting when he was 2 days old.

We did that for approximately 12 weeks. At that time he had his

first tendon lengthening surgery. After surgery, he was casted for

the 3 week period and then we were told he needed the orthopedic

shoes. We tried the shoes for 12 more weeks. They kept falling off

and they weren't doing what they were supposed to do, they weren't

correcting his foot. So the doctor said we needed to do another

tendon lengthening surgery (this one they lengthened the tendon that

elongated the big toe). After surgery he was casted for 2 weeks.

After those casts came off, the foot still wasn't coming up (to a

right angle), so we are back to casting weekly. Our most recent

appointment was the Monday before the 4th of July and the doctor

said that the casting isn't giving the results that he had hoped

for, so we may have to do a third tendon lengthening surgery....this

time on the peroneus longus tendon. I'm starting to wonder how many

more of these surgeries we are going to have to go through. I've

tried to find other information on the web, but there is so much

that is not known about this deformity.

Anyone have any reassuring input/advice?

[Guest guest]

Thank you for your sympathy! I got some feedback and it really started to make

me think that I should get a second opinion about my son's feet.

We are currently seeing Dr. WIlliam Schrader in Akron (Akron Children's

Hospital) in Akron, Ohio. He is using the Ponseti method and has been to Dr.

Ponseti's seminars, met with him, etc. He has come very highly recommended by

my pediatrician also.

I am interested in getting a web address/email address for Dr. Ponseti. Can you

give that to me?

Re: 7 MONTHS AND A WAYS TO GO

Welcome to the group. I'm sorry that your son's journey to

corrected feet has been so difficult! I hope that you will feel a

bit of reassurance in knowing that Dr. Ignacio Ponseti at the

University of Iowa is the world's leading authority on clubfoot and

he will be able to help your son.

Can you tell us who your current doctor is? I would highly

recommend that you seek out the advice of Dr. Ponseti before

consenting to this third surgery. I'm not sure where you're

located, but we can give you advice on getting to Iowa City to see

Dr. Ponseti in person if you're interested.

You can start by emailing him pictures of your son's feet and a

description of his treatment and surgeries thus far.

Have you been to Dr. Ponseti's website at all?

Hang in there, we're here to help you any way we can!

Regards,

& (3-16-00, lcf)

http://ponseticlubfoot.freeservers.com/

http://members.tripod.com/ponseti_links-ivil

>

> My son is 7 months old. He was born with a severe case of club

> foot. We did the serial casting starting when he was 2 days old.

> We did that for approximately 12 weeks. At that time he had his

> first tendon lengthening surgery. After surgery, he was casted

for

> the 3 week period and then we were told he needed the orthopedic

> shoes. We tried the shoes for 12 more weeks. They kept falling

off

> and they weren't doing what they were supposed to do, they weren't

> correcting his foot. So the doctor said we needed to do another

> tendon lengthening surgery (this one they lengthened the tendon

that

> elongated the big toe). After surgery he was casted for 2 weeks.

> After those casts came off, the foot still wasn't coming up (to a

> right angle), so we are back to casting weekly. Our most recent

> appointment was the Monday before the 4th of July and the doctor

> said that the casting isn't giving the results that he had hoped

> for, so we may have to do a third tendon lengthening

surgery....this

> time on the peroneus longus tendon. I'm starting to wonder how

many

> more of these surgeries we are going to have to go through. I've

> tried to find other information on the web, but there is so much

> that is not known about this deformity.

> Anyone have any reassuring input/advice?

>

[Guest guest]

My dr. (Schrader) told us that the heel cord lengthening procedure can be done

in the office, but he prefers to do it at the hospital as an outpatient

procedure because it is more comfortable for the child. ANd of course, I wanted

my son to be as comfortable as possible during this. It was done

arthroscopically (sp?) and there was no incision.

The second tendon lengthening was also done as an outpatient procedure, however,

it was a little more invasive, as he had to have 2 incisions on each leg/foot

and stitches.

I'm not sure what the third surgery entails as of yet, because it's not for sure

that he will need it and my dr. said that this 3rd procedure is typically not

done in children with club foot, but for an unknown reason, in Dino (my son)

this other tendon is creating a problem with the foot " coming up " .

Dino-Bilateral Club Feet

7 MONTHS AND A WAYS TO GO

My son is 7 months old. He was born with a severe case of club

foot. We did the serial casting starting when he was 2 days old.

We did that for approximately 12 weeks. At that time he had his

first tendon lengthening surgery. After surgery, he was casted for

the 3 week period and then we were told he needed the orthopedic

shoes. We tried the shoes for 12 more weeks. They kept falling off

and they weren't doing what they were supposed to do, they weren't

correcting his foot. So the doctor said we needed to do another

tendon lengthening surgery (this one they lengthened the tendon that

elongated the big toe). After surgery he was casted for 2 weeks.

After those casts came off, the foot still wasn't coming up (to a

right angle), so we are back to casting weekly. Our most recent

appointment was the Monday before the 4th of July and the doctor

said that the casting isn't giving the results that he had hoped

for, so we may have to do a third tendon lengthening surgery....this

time on the peroneus longus tendon. I'm starting to wonder how many

more of these surgeries we are going to have to go through. I've

tried to find other information on the web, but there is so much

that is not known about this deformity.

Anyone have any reassuring input/advice?

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[Guest guest]

Is Dr. Dobbs a close Ponseti understudy? He told us that our son may need a

tendon transfer. We'll have to wait for 3 months in the brace @ night.

Just wondering

frogabog wrote:

Unfortunately many physicians *claim* to use the Ponseti Method but

are either not trained enough or modify the method which results in

failed corrections. Meeting Dr. Ponseti does not a Ponseti

Practitioner make, nor actually does making it on his list of

qualified physicians mean the same, unfortunately.

Docs always seem to mean well, and seem to be doing everything

possible but for some unknown reason... the foot just isn't

responding. It's easy to feel like their prognosis is the only one

possible, they are the doc aren't they??

My concern is the second more invasive tendon lengthening. No other

tendon procedure than the percutaneous tenotomy is used in the

Ponseti Method. Even in the most severe cases of atypical/complex

clubfoot, only this minor procedure is required. It may need to be

done more than once, however it is always the percutaneous tenotomy

which does not require stitches.

It may be that your doc is simply not skilled or knowledgeable enough

to correcting your son's feet and that's ok. The problem lies in

when a physician is at the end of his/her limits and does not refer

the child to a more experienced Ponseti Physician or consult directly

with Dr. Ponseti, but resorts to surgical correction. Not every

Ponseti Physician is able to handle every foot and should your son's

feet prove to be complex, there are really only a handful of doctors

who are adept at correcting these feet. I cannot say this is the

case for sure but if it is, your son's best chance at being corrected

is in the hands of a skilled physician who has proven good success

with these feet.

here's Dr. P's information, you'll want to send him some pictures of

your son's feet and a detailed description of his treatment thus

far. I think you are lucky to have found this information at this

point. Yes, a more invasive procedure was already used but you

haven't had the big surgery yet which would be the one that would

limit the success of Ponseti afterwards. The tendons in your child's

foot have not been altered enough to worry too much about how quick

and easy this will be. It's all good!

When sending pictures for consultation, this series shows the best

views to determine if feet are properly corrected. For weight bearing

views, hold your baby up and let them stand as flat on their feet as

they naturally would.

1) From front with baby standing bearing weight.

2) From back (straight on) with babe standing bearing

weight.

3) 1 each of both soles straight on.

4) 1 with you using your palm to push his forefoot as

far up past " L " as possible from the side (profile). This shows

dorsiflexion.

To Parents of Children Born with Clubfeet

How to Contact Dr. Ponseti

Ignacio Ponseti, MD

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed

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Telephone:

(319)356-3469

Address:

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

200 Hawkins Drive

010255 JPP

Iowa City, IA 52242

Via E-mail:

ignacio-ponseti@...

At 03:13 PM 7/6/2006, you wrote:

>Well, that is the method that our current dr. is using. He has

>actually met with Dr. Ponseti in person also.

>Do you have the email address for Dr. Ponseti?

>

> 7 MONTHS AND A WAYS TO GO

>

>My son is 7 months old. He was born with a severe case of club

>foot. We did the serial casting starting when he was 2 days old.

>We did that for approximately 12 weeks. At that time he had his

>first tendon lengthening surgery. After surgery, he was casted for

>the 3 week period and then we were told he needed the orthopedic

>shoes. We tried the shoes for 12 more weeks. They kept falling off

>and they weren't doing what they were supposed to do, they weren't

>correcting his foot. So the doctor said we needed to do another

>tendon lengthening surgery (this one they lengthened the tendon that

>elongated the big toe). After surgery he was casted for 2 weeks.

>After those casts came off, the foot still wasn't coming up (to a

>right angle), so we are back to casting weekly. Our most recent

>appointment was the Monday before the 4th of July and the doctor

>said that the casting isn't giving the results that he had hoped

>for, so we may have to do a third tendon lengthening surgery....this

>time on the peroneus longus tendon. I'm starting to wonder how many

>more of these surgeries we are going to have to go through. I've

>tried to find other information on the web, but there is so much

>that is not known about this deformity.

>Anyone have any reassuring input/advice?

>

>

[Guest guest]

Jon,

Yes he is - he trained under Dr. Ponseti for several years, did his

residency there with him, if I remember right, he was there and

working closely with Dr. P for 6 or 7 years. He still is in close

contact with Dr. Ponseti now and I'm sure if you wanted the

reassurance, he would not be at all offended if you wanted to ask for

Dr. P's opinion. How old is your son and what is going on with his

case?, if you don't mind my asking.

Mom to Jenna (4/7/01) & Sammy (9/25/04, RCF, Dobbs brace 12hrs/day)

>

> >Well, that is the method that our current dr. is using. He has

> >actually met with Dr. Ponseti in person also.

> >Do you have the email address for Dr. Ponseti?

> >

> > 7 MONTHS AND A WAYS TO GO

> >

> >My son is 7 months old. He was born with a severe case of club

> >foot. We did the serial casting starting when he was 2 days old.

> >We did that for approximately 12 weeks. At that time he had his

> >first tendon lengthening surgery. After surgery, he was casted for

> >the 3 week period and then we were told he needed the orthopedic

> >shoes. We tried the shoes for 12 more weeks. They kept falling off

> >and they weren't doing what they were supposed to do, they weren't

> >correcting his foot. So the doctor said we needed to do another

> >tendon lengthening surgery (this one they lengthened the tendon that

> >elongated the big toe). After surgery he was casted for 2 weeks.

> >After those casts came off, the foot still wasn't coming up (to a

> >right angle), so we are back to casting weekly. Our most recent

> >appointment was the Monday before the 4th of July and the doctor

> >said that the casting isn't giving the results that he had hoped

> >for, so we may have to do a third tendon lengthening surgery....this

> >time on the peroneus longus tendon. I'm starting to wonder how many

> >more of these surgeries we are going to have to go through. I've

> >tried to find other information on the web, but there is so much

> >that is not known about this deformity.

> >Anyone have any reassuring input/advice?

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

I have a question and I hope that it is not out of line. Has anyone

here ever considered filing a lawsuit against their " original " doc?

I strongly feel that we were mislead and that our son had

unneccessary surgeries, etc. I know at the end of the day it was

our decision about whether or not to put him through surgery, but we

trusted our dr.'s opinion and we thought that he had our son's best

interest in mind.

>

> My son is 7 months old. He was born with a severe case of club

> foot. We did the serial casting starting when he was 2 days old.

> We did that for approximately 12 weeks. At that time he had his

> first tendon lengthening surgery. After surgery, he was casted

for

> the 3 week period and then we were told he needed the orthopedic

> shoes. We tried the shoes for 12 more weeks. They kept falling

off

> and they weren't doing what they were supposed to do, they weren't

> correcting his foot. So the doctor said we needed to do another

> tendon lengthening surgery (this one they lengthened the tendon

that

> elongated the big toe). After surgery he was casted for 2 weeks.

> After those casts came off, the foot still wasn't coming up (to a

> right angle), so we are back to casting weekly. Our most recent

> appointment was the Monday before the 4th of July and the doctor

> said that the casting isn't giving the results that he had hoped

> for, so we may have to do a third tendon lengthening

surgery....this

> time on the peroneus longus tendon. I'm starting to wonder how

many

> more of these surgeries we are going to have to go through. I've

> tried to find other information on the web, but there is so much

> that is not known about this deformity.

> Anyone have any reassuring input/advice?

>

[Guest guest]

,

I think the topic has been discussed before, but that I know of no one

has ever done it. I think a person would have to prove that the

doctor mislead them into believing that they were getting the Ponseti

method, when in fact the doctor was deviating enough that a court

would see the difference. And if the medical professionals can't

figure out the difference I'm not sure that the average judge and/or

jury would. Also, I think the child's feet would have to be

irreparably harmed. Not that I'm advocating doing this or anything,

but I guess it could happen at some point.

> >

> > My son is 7 months old. He was born with a severe case of club

> > foot. We did the serial casting starting when he was 2 days old.

> > We did that for approximately 12 weeks. At that time he had his

> > first tendon lengthening surgery. After surgery, he was casted

> for

> > the 3 week period and then we were told he needed the orthopedic

> > shoes. We tried the shoes for 12 more weeks. They kept falling

> off

> > and they weren't doing what they were supposed to do, they weren't

> > correcting his foot. So the doctor said we needed to do another

> > tendon lengthening surgery (this one they lengthened the tendon

> that

> > elongated the big toe). After surgery he was casted for 2 weeks.

> > After those casts came off, the foot still wasn't coming up (to a

> > right angle), so we are back to casting weekly. Our most recent

> > appointment was the Monday before the 4th of July and the doctor

> > said that the casting isn't giving the results that he had hoped

> > for, so we may have to do a third tendon lengthening

> surgery....this

> > time on the peroneus longus tendon. I'm starting to wonder how

> many

> > more of these surgeries we are going to have to go through. I've

> > tried to find other information on the web, but there is so much

> > that is not known about this deformity.

> > Anyone have any reassuring input/advice?

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Just wondering if anyone is going to be in Iowa City the week of

7/23-7/28? I am making the trip out and will see Dr. P 7/24 and

7/28. Hopefully staying at the RMD House......

son Dino 11/12/05 Atypical/Complex BCF

>

> My son is 7 months old. He was born with a severe case of club

> foot. We did the serial casting starting when he was 2 days old.

> We did that for approximately 12 weeks. At that time he had his

> first tendon lengthening surgery. After surgery, he was casted

for

> the 3 week period and then we were told he needed the orthopedic

> shoes. We tried the shoes for 12 more weeks. They kept falling

off

> and they weren't doing what they were supposed to do, they weren't

> correcting his foot. So the doctor said we needed to do another

> tendon lengthening surgery (this one they lengthened the tendon

that

> elongated the big toe). After surgery he was casted for 2 weeks.

> After those casts came off, the foot still wasn't coming up (to a

> right angle), so we are back to casting weekly. Our most recent

> appointment was the Monday before the 4th of July and the doctor

> said that the casting isn't giving the results that he had hoped

> for, so we may have to do a third tendon lengthening

surgery....this

> time on the peroneus longus tendon. I'm starting to wonder how

many

> more of these surgeries we are going to have to go through. I've

> tried to find other information on the web, but there is so much

> that is not known about this deformity.

> Anyone have any reassuring input/advice?

>

[Guest guest]

I will be there one day that week--but not to see Dr. P. My

children see a pediatric pulmonologist in the hospital. I am so

glad you made your appointment with Dr. Ponseti--you will be so

happy! (We see him tomorrow morning actually)

> >

> > My son is 7 months old. He was born with a severe case of club

> > foot. We did the serial casting starting when he was 2 days

old.

> > We did that for approximately 12 weeks. At that time he had his

> > first tendon lengthening surgery. After surgery, he was casted

> for

> > the 3 week period and then we were told he needed the orthopedic

> > shoes. We tried the shoes for 12 more weeks. They kept falling

> off

> > and they weren't doing what they were supposed to do, they

weren't

> > correcting his foot. So the doctor said we needed to do another

> > tendon lengthening surgery (this one they lengthened the tendon

> that

> > elongated the big toe). After surgery he was casted for 2

weeks.

> > After those casts came off, the foot still wasn't coming up (to

a

> > right angle), so we are back to casting weekly. Our most recent

> > appointment was the Monday before the 4th of July and the doctor

> > said that the casting isn't giving the results that he had hoped

> > for, so we may have to do a third tendon lengthening

> surgery....this

> > time on the peroneus longus tendon. I'm starting to wonder how

> many

> > more of these surgeries we are going to have to go through.

I've

> > tried to find other information on the web, but there is so much

> > that is not known about this deformity.

> > Anyone have any reassuring input/advice?

> >

>

[Guest guest]

We have two other appts scheduled also. July 28 and August 7.

Re: 7 MONTHS AND A WAYS TO GO

I will be there one day that week--but not to see Dr. P. My

children see a pediatric pulmonologist in the hospital. I am so

glad you made your appointment with Dr. Ponseti--you will be so

happy! (We see him tomorrow morning actually)

> >

> > My son is 7 months old. He was born with a severe case of club

> > foot. We did the serial casting starting when he was 2 days

old.

> > We did that for approximately 12 weeks. At that time he had his

> > first tendon lengthening surgery. After surgery, he was casted

> for

> > the 3 week period and then we were told he needed the orthopedic

> > shoes. We tried the shoes for 12 more weeks. They kept falling

> off

> > and they weren't doing what they were supposed to do, they

weren't

> > correcting his foot. So the doctor said we needed to do another

> > tendon lengthening surgery (this one they lengthened the tendon

> that

> > elongated the big toe). After surgery he was casted for 2

weeks.

> > After those casts came off, the foot still wasn't coming up (to

a

> > right angle), so we are back to casting weekly. Our most recent

> > appointment was the Monday before the 4th of July and the doctor

> > said that the casting isn't giving the results that he had hoped

> > for, so we may have to do a third tendon lengthening

> surgery....this

> > time on the peroneus longus tendon. I'm starting to wonder how

> many

> > more of these surgeries we are going to have to go through.

I've

> > tried to find other information on the web, but there is so much

> > that is not known about this deformity.

> > Anyone have any reassuring input/advice?

> >

>

[Guest guest]

--a friend of mine had her baby very early this week and checked

into the RMH yesterday. She will be there until the end of August

and is one of the nicest people I know. May I have her look you up?

I will be at the hospital 7/26 if you feel like meeting up.

> > >

> > > My son is 7 months old. He was born with a severe case of

club

> > > foot. We did the serial casting starting when he was 2 days

> old.

> > > We did that for approximately 12 weeks. At that time he had

his

> > > first tendon lengthening surgery. After surgery, he was

casted

> > for

> > > the 3 week period and then we were told he needed the

orthopedic

> > > shoes. We tried the shoes for 12 more weeks. They kept

falling

> > off

> > > and they weren't doing what they were supposed to do, they

> weren't

> > > correcting his foot. So the doctor said we needed to do

another

> > > tendon lengthening surgery (this one they lengthened the

tendon

> > that

> > > elongated the big toe). After surgery he was casted for 2

> weeks.

> > > After those casts came off, the foot still wasn't coming up

(to

> a

> > > right angle), so we are back to casting weekly. Our most

recent

> > > appointment was the Monday before the 4th of July and the

doctor

> > > said that the casting isn't giving the results that he had

hoped

> > > for, so we may have to do a third tendon lengthening

> > surgery....this

> > > time on the peroneus longus tendon. I'm starting to wonder

how

> > many

> > > more of these surgeries we are going to have to go through.

> I've

> > > tried to find other information on the web, but there is so

much

> > > that is not known about this deformity.

> > > Anyone have any reassuring input/advice?

> > >

> >

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

:

That would be great. We are supposed to arrive in on this Sunday around 6PM. I

was told I have to call the RMH Saturday before we get there, just to make sure

that there is room for us. I may take you up on your offer.

Great news about Lily by the way! That is great that she gets 8 more hours of

" free " time! I can't remember, does she have BCF?

Re: 7 MONTHS AND A WAYS TO GO

--a friend of mine had her baby very early this week and checked

into the RMH yesterday. She will be there until the end of August

and is one of the nicest people I know. May I have her look you up?

I will be at the hospital 7/26 if you feel like meeting up.

> > >

> > > My son is 7 months old. He was born with a severe case of

club

> > > foot. We did the serial casting starting when he was 2 days

> old.

> > > We did that for approximately 12 weeks. At that time he had

his

> > > first tendon lengthening surgery. After surgery, he was

casted

> > for

> > > the 3 week period and then we were told he needed the

orthopedic

> > > shoes. We tried the shoes for 12 more weeks. They kept

falling

> > off

> > > and they weren't doing what they were supposed to do, they

> weren't

> > > correcting his foot. So the doctor said we needed to do

another

> > > tendon lengthening surgery (this one they lengthened the

tendon

> > that

> > > elongated the big toe). After surgery he was casted for 2

> weeks.

> > > After those casts came off, the foot still wasn't coming up

(to

> a

> > > right angle), so we are back to casting weekly. Our most

recent

> > > appointment was the Monday before the 4th of July and the

doctor

> > > said that the casting isn't giving the results that he had

hoped

> > > for, so we may have to do a third tendon lengthening

> > surgery....this

> > > time on the peroneus longus tendon. I'm starting to wonder

how

> > many

> > > more of these surgeries we are going to have to go through.

> I've

> > > tried to find other information on the web, but there is so

much

> > > that is not known about this deformity.

> > > Anyone have any reassuring input/advice?

> > >

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