RE: Anyone have kids in casts at age 2?

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Sorry, dd is not with Herzenberg, though lots on this board are, so you will

get lots of responses, I'm sure!...We went running to Dr. Ponseti after

seeing 3 orthos here in Florida too...It was the best decision that we ever

made. I wonder if it was the same docs...Who were 's doctors?

( 2/1/05 bcf: P/M 20/7)

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>Reply-To: nosurgery4clubfoot

>To: nosurgery4clubfoot

>Subject: Anyone have kids in casts at age 2?

>Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 01:10:08 -0000

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>Hi everyone.. I also posted this on the other clubfoot website. My son

>, now age 2, has just started seeing Dr. Herzenberg. After seeing

>3 different ortho's here in Florida, has begun to relapse. We

>decided to go to the best and visit Dr. H and we are so glad that we

>did. He decided to re cast on both feet and see how he looks in 2

>weeks. He said he will re cast the left one once more (it is more

>severe) and the right one may be o.k. after one cast. After that, he

>will determine whether or not to do the ATT surgery. First of all,

>anyone have experience with a 2 year old in casts? It is not easy

>telling a very active 2 year old that he can't move around (although he

>is figuring out ways to crawl and scoot). Any advice on how to make

>this an easier experience for him? Also, anyone have success with re

>casting and not needing any surgery afterwards? I really appreciate any

>input.

> Tichauer

> 2/9/04 BLCF recently relapsed

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[Guest guest]

Yes I have experience but not good news. My daughter was recasted at age

one and age two, now is three and relapsing again. she has been going to

ish Rite in Dallas. It is hopeless telling a two year old not to move

around, so we just tried to place her in environments where she couldn't

hurt herself. We watched more TV than I would have liked, but we also did

lots of mazes and puzzles and coloring and her language skills went through

the roof!

Pros and cons....

Anyone have kids in casts at age 2?

Hi everyone.. I also posted this on the other clubfoot website. My son

, now age 2, has just started seeing Dr. Herzenberg. After seeing

3 different ortho's here in Florida, has begun to relapse. We

decided to go to the best and visit Dr. H and we are so glad that we

did. He decided to re cast on both feet and see how he looks in 2

weeks. He said he will re cast the left one once more (it is more

severe) and the right one may be o.k. after one cast. After that, he

will determine whether or not to do the ATT surgery. First of all,

anyone have experience with a 2 year old in casts? It is not easy

telling a very active 2 year old that he can't move around (although he

is figuring out ways to crawl and scoot). Any advice on how to make

this an easier experience for him? Also, anyone have success with re

casting and not needing any surgery afterwards? I really appreciate any

input.

Tichauer

2/9/04 BLCF recently relapsed

[Guest guest]

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Oh my goodness do we have experience with casts! Our daughter has been

recast due to relapses constantly since she was 10 mos old. Dr. Ponseti

sees her every two months or so and puts a new cast on her left and

sometimes her right. These casts last for a week or two and then we usually

have to go back for one more. Then we wait a month and start the whole darn

thing all over again. Needless to say her walking has been sporadic at

best. A few weeks ago our local ortho finally did the ATTT and discovered

why he thinks the correcting casts didn't really work on her left foot and

we're thankful that the casting phase of our lives might be behind us.

Our daughter has made the best of the situation by always crawling and

sometimes pulling up to a interesting stance as her bucket hung out there on

her bent leg casts. Honestly we really don't know life any different so we

don't do things differently. She does normal activities but just does them

by crawling. Does that make sense? When out we do carry her and we've

perfected how to stack the pop can boxes in the bottom of the cart so she

can sit on them comfortably so life just goes on. Since the ATTT she's not

supposed to stand on them for six weeks but that was totally impossible.

She's been on them since 24 hours post surg whenever she can get away with

it. UGH!!! Anyway, at least with corrective casts you can walk as much as

you can muster although with those 90 degree bends it did slow our little

'determinator' down a bit. He'll figure out how to cope. Kids are like

that.

Oh, and she likes scooting toys with her bent casts. She can sit up and

scoot around with them and she feels like she's more on our level.

Chris

Anyone have kids in casts at age 2?

Hi everyone.. I also posted this on the other clubfoot website. My son

, now age 2, has just started seeing Dr. Herzenberg. After seeing

3 different ortho's here in Florida, has begun to relapse. We

decided to go to the best and visit Dr. H and we are so glad that we

did. He decided to re cast on both feet and see how he looks in 2

weeks. He said he will re cast the left one once more (it is more

severe) and the right one may be o.k. after one cast. After that, he

will determine whether or not to do the ATT surgery. First of all,

anyone have experience with a 2 year old in casts? It is not easy

telling a very active 2 year old that he can't move around (although he

is figuring out ways to crawl and scoot). Any advice on how to make

this an easier experience for him? Also, anyone have success with re

casting and not needing any surgery afterwards? I really appreciate any

input.

Tichauer

2/9/04 BLCF recently relapsed

[Guest guest]

Hello,

It feels like my son has been in casts at every age LOL! We bought

him a view finder with slides to his favoirte movies/tv shows and

lots of play doe when he was that age in casts also etch a sketchs

are good and of course crayons, I always bought sharpees too and

colored his casts now that he is older I have let him color his own

but put a towel underneath of him since they are permenant markers.

I also let him watch more tv/movies then usual when in casts just to

keep him still sometimes. When he wanted to go outside and play I

would pull him around the block in the wagon (we spent a few

Halloween's in casts too but just used the wagon so he could keep up

with the other kids). I would often put a heavy sock over it like my

husbands so he didn't wear a hole in the cast because he was always

so active and running, spinning, etc. in casts as much as I tried to

keep him down. He actually broke a cast while we were in Iowa in

September! It's a weird fit with the angle of the cast but I've

always been given a cast shoe which helps protect it a bit too. I

think the kids adjust very quickly to the casts and get used to them

and learn to adapt hopefully it will go by quickly for you and him!

Michele

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I'm sorry I'm so late in responding. I haven't been able to read the

boards in the last couple of weeks. My son turns 2 years old on

Thursday. We just finished treatment for relapse with Dr. Ponseti

in mid-February. had a cast on for essentially a month. Since

he only had one (RCF) he managed to eventually walk around in the

cast (which was quite comical to watch at times), but until that

time, I pretty much took him to the mall, or to a park, somewhere

where I could walk around with him in a stroller. That helped pass

the time and keep his little mind active. We also watched a lot of

Teletubbies and " Piglet's Big Movie " over and over again! When

an active 2 year old can't move around much, there are limitations.

I just tried to mix it up as best I could. I would get out in the

stroller at least 3 days a week for both our sanities.

Now, in the shoes 22/7 (transitioning to 20/7 hesitantly),

is more mobile, but he still has to crawl a majority of the

time right now. So we still do the outings. I get down on the floor

and crawl for a while with him. I also bought him some crayons and

I encourage him to color on paper and in coloring books for a while

each day. That usually occupies about 15 minutes once or twice a

day. We read books. I just try to keep his mind active. If you

persevere and offer books a few times a day or crayons, etc. He may

not accept them at first, but after a while he may ask for them.

That's what I found with . Make these different things

available to him and he'll eventually ask for the ones that interest

him the most.

Hope this helps. If you need other more specific ideas, I'll

continue to wrack my brain.

(3/30/04) RCF

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> Hi everyone.. I also posted this on the other clubfoot website. My

son

> , now age 2, has just started seeing Dr. Herzenberg. After

seeing

> 3 different ortho's here in Florida, has begun to relapse.

We

> decided to go to the best and visit Dr. H and we are so glad that

we

> did. He decided to re cast on both feet and see how he looks

in 2

> weeks. He said he will re cast the left one once more (it is more

> severe) and the right one may be o.k. after one cast. After that,

he

> will determine whether or not to do the ATT surgery. First of all,

> anyone have experience with a 2 year old in casts? It is not easy

> telling a very active 2 year old that he can't move around

(although he

> is figuring out ways to crawl and scoot). Any advice on how to

make

> this an easier experience for him? Also, anyone have success with

re

> casting and not needing any surgery afterwards? I really

appreciate any

> input.

> Tichauer

> 2/9/04 BLCF recently relapsed

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