RE: bruising after last casts

[Guest guest]

Call the dr. office and see what they say. Sounds like the casts may have been

too tight. Does it cover the entire area where the casts were? Was it like this

when they were taken off or has it developed since removal? Were they taken off

in the dr. office or at home? Is baby now in the fab? Who is the dr.?

Marcia

bruising after last casts

Hello all,

I am hoping for some help. My daughter just got her last ponseti

casts off today. The casts were on for 3 weeks following the tenotomy

surgery on both legs. She seems to be doing ok, but she has what I

think is pretty severe bruising on both of her legs. It does not seem

to be painful for her, but it is concerning to me. Has anyone else

experienced this? Is the bruising normal? I did notice that she was

super fussy the past few weeks, much more so than with the other

casts, but I thought maybe it was because these casts were on for 3

weeks instead of just 1 week. I am nervous that something may have

been done improperly with the casting to cause such bruising,

eventhough the doctor told me it was fine. Also the bruising seems to

be getting worse throughout the day. Any help would be greatly

appreciated. Thanks.

- Jillian

[Guest guest]

AFter one of 's early casts, she had pretty severe bruising under the

casts on both legs. I believe, as did her doctor, that she just grew too

fast for the casts, even though they were changed at a one week interval.

Even after Dr. Ponseti did 's casts and they stayed on for three

weeks, there were some red spots and some bruising. It all will go away and

I don't believe that it is uncommon for some amount of bruising to occur.

Since you have had problems only with the casts being on for three weeks (I

assume?), then I would just think that she grew too much for the casts

during that time period and not that the doctor made a casting error.

Carol

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>Reply-To: nosurgery4clubfoot

>To: nosurgery4clubfoot

>Subject: bruising after last casts

>Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:30:26 -0000

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>Hello all,

>I am hoping for some help. My daughter just got her last ponseti

>casts off today. The casts were on for 3 weeks following the tenotomy

>surgery on both legs. She seems to be doing ok, but she has what I

>think is pretty severe bruising on both of her legs. It does not seem

>to be painful for her, but it is concerning to me. Has anyone else

>experienced this? Is the bruising normal? I did notice that she was

>super fussy the past few weeks, much more so than with the other

>casts, but I thought maybe it was because these casts were on for 3

>weeks instead of just 1 week. I am nervous that something may have

>been done improperly with the casting to cause such bruising,

>eventhough the doctor told me it was fine. Also the bruising seems to

>be getting worse throughout the day. Any help would be greatly

>appreciated. Thanks.

>- Jillian

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[Guest guest]

Yep, same thing happened to Grace after her 3w cast came off....she

had had a growth spurt and had some pretty bad bruising. We have a

Ponseti certified doc so I was sure that it was due to a growth

spurt. I would assume that that is what happened....they grow so much

in the first yr, this is not uncommon.

I know that it looks horrid but trust me, they heal so so fast and

Grace's bruises were gone in a couple of days. Give your little one a

big hug from us and congrats on getting to this stage of treatment

Smiles,

& Grace 23mos

urcf FAB 12-14hrs

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> AFter one of 's early casts, she had pretty severe bruising

under the

> casts on both legs. I believe, as did her doctor, that she just

grew too

> fast for the casts, even though they were changed at a one week

interval.

> Even after Dr. Ponseti did 's casts and they stayed on for

three

> weeks, there were some red spots and some bruising. It all will go

away and

> I don't believe that it is uncommon for some amount of bruising to

occur.

> Since you have had problems only with the casts being on for three

weeks (I

> assume?), then I would just think that she grew too much for the

casts

> during that time period and not that the doctor made a casting

error.

>

> Carol

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> >Reply-To: nosurgery4clubfoot

> >To: nosurgery4clubfoot

> >Subject: bruising after last casts

> >Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:30:26 -0000

> >

> >Hello all,

> >I am hoping for some help. My daughter just got her last ponseti

> >casts off today. The casts were on for 3 weeks following the

tenotomy

> >surgery on both legs. She seems to be doing ok, but she has what I

> >think is pretty severe bruising on both of her legs. It does not

seem

> >to be painful for her, but it is concerning to me. Has anyone else

> >experienced this? Is the bruising normal? I did notice that she

was

> >super fussy the past few weeks, much more so than with the other

> >casts, but I thought maybe it was because these casts were on for 3

> >weeks instead of just 1 week. I am nervous that something may have

> >been done improperly with the casting to cause such bruising,

> >eventhough the doctor told me it was fine. Also the bruising

seems to

> >be getting worse throughout the day. Any help would be greatly

> >appreciated. Thanks.

> >- Jillian

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