Re: HELP....my little boy has been crying for two straight days

[Guest guest]

Have the casts slipped at all??? Are his toes back further than normal? If so

soak them off.. They can do more harm than good if left on and they've slipped.

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Hello. I am a new member to this group. My son, Evan, has club feet

and is in his third round of casts. He showed discomfort with the

previous two rounds for about 24 hours, but then it subsided and he was

back to normal. This round, however, the discomfort has lasted now a

full 48 hours. He cries almost continuously and falls asleep only when

he's exhausted from crying. Tylenol is no longer helping the pain.

Does anyone have any suggestions for helping my little one to be more

comfortable? My doctor said the discomfort should only last 24 hours,

give or take. I put a call in to my doc this morning to see if he

things something is wrong. In the meantime, however, I thought I'd

check with the real life " experts " to see if there are any helpful

hints out there.

[Guest guest]

Your little guy should not be in pain!! Even 24 hours after casting-

its not common at all. Double check his toes-are they nice and pink

and visible? Has the cast slipped at all? Is it too tight around his

thigh? This is not right and call your doctor immediately! Pain is

not part of the ponseti method. Who is your doctor and where are you

located? If it were me, I would remove the casts!!

kathleen

mom to david bcf fab 12/7

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> Hello. I am a new member to this group. My son, Evan, has club

feet

> and is in his third round of casts. He showed discomfort with the

> previous two rounds for about 24 hours, but then it subsided and

he was

> back to normal. This round, however, the discomfort has lasted

now a

> full 48 hours. He cries almost continuously and falls asleep only

when

> he's exhausted from crying. Tylenol is no longer helping the

pain.

> Does anyone have any suggestions for helping my little one to be

more

> comfortable? My doctor said the discomfort should only last 24

hours,

> give or take. I put a call in to my doc this morning to see if he

> things something is wrong. In the meantime, however, I thought

I'd

> check with the real life " experts " to see if there are any helpful

> hints out there.

>

[Guest guest]

I don't mean to alarm you (and I could very well be wrong), but my son only

cried like that with his first cast. I thought it was just a matter of him

getting used to the casting. However, when the doctor took off the cast at the

following appt., we realized the reason for his crying - he had a pretty bad

sore on the top of his foot. I am not saying that is absolutely the case with

your son, but it COULD be a possibility. If it's inconsolable crying, then

something must be wrong. If the crying is simply from frustration, it would not

be as persistent.

jennie4evan wrote: Hello. I am a new member to this

group. My son, Evan, has club feet

and is in his third round of casts. He showed discomfort with the

previous two rounds for about 24 hours, but then it subsided and he was

back to normal. This round, however, the discomfort has lasted now a

full 48 hours. He cries almost continuously and falls asleep only when

he's exhausted from crying. Tylenol is no longer helping the pain.

Does anyone have any suggestions for helping my little one to be more

comfortable? My doctor said the discomfort should only last 24 hours,

give or take. I put a call in to my doc this morning to see if he

things something is wrong. In the meantime, however, I thought I'd

check with the real life " experts " to see if there are any helpful

hints out there.

[Guest guest]

I have to agree with everyone else. My boy only cried while the casts

were being put on because the Dr. was holding him, and while they were

being removed because of the noise of the saw. If the casts are making

him cry, something is wrong with the casts. If it was me I'd take them

off now.

Seth

(meir, lcf, 1/29/04, fab 12/7)

> Hello. I am a new member to this group. My son, Evan, has club feet

> and is in his third round of casts. He showed discomfort with the

> previous two rounds for about 24 hours, but then it subsided and he was

> back to normal. This round, however, the discomfort has lasted now a

> full 48 hours. He cries almost continuously and falls asleep only when

> he's exhausted from crying. Tylenol is no longer helping the pain.

> Does anyone have any suggestions for helping my little one to be more

> comfortable? My doctor said the discomfort should only last 24 hours,

> give or take. I put a call in to my doc this morning to see if he

> things something is wrong. In the meantime, however, I thought I'd

> check with the real life & quot;experts & quot; to see if there are any

> helpful

> hints out there.

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[Guest guest]

Who's your dr.? He shouldn't be uncomfortable at all. Maybe frustrated, but not

uncomfortable. Is the cast too tight? Are his toes pink (squeeze them, they

should be white where you squeeze them for about a second and then turn

immediately pink again)? Are they warm? Can you get a fingertip at least in

betweent he top of the cast and his leg? Hope he's doing better!

Marcia

HELP....my little boy has been crying for two

straight days

Hello. I am a new member to this group. My son, Evan, has club feet

and is in his third round of casts. He showed discomfort with the

previous two rounds for about 24 hours, but then it subsided and he was

back to normal. This round, however, the discomfort has lasted now a

full 48 hours. He cries almost continuously and falls asleep only when

he's exhausted from crying. Tylenol is no longer helping the pain.

Does anyone have any suggestions for helping my little one to be more

comfortable? My doctor said the discomfort should only last 24 hours,

give or take. I put a call in to my doc this morning to see if he

things something is wrong. In the meantime, however, I thought I'd

check with the real life " experts " to see if there are any helpful

hints out there.

[Guest guest]

My doc is Dr. Dobbs in St. Louis. Toes are pink, turning white when sqeezed.

They are warm. What does that mean? I have to check my fingertip to the top of

his cast. I did that with the last cast, but hadn't done it yet with this one.

I just got him to sleep and will do this when he wakes up. My doc is going to

see him tomorrow am to check things out. Worst case is they cut the casts

tomorrow, give him/us a break over the weekend and then re-cast Mon/Tue. He is

definitely more than frustrated and this is definitely different than with the

last two rounds of casts. The nurse said he could be having muscle spasms. Not

sure what, if anything, they do about that. I guess we'll know more tomorrow.

In the meantime, no sleep again tonight!!!

Marcia wrote:

Who's your dr.? He shouldn't be uncomfortable at all. Maybe frustrated, but

not uncomfortable. Is the cast too tight? Are his toes pink (squeeze them, they

should be white where you squeeze them for about a second and then turn

immediately pink again)? Are they warm? Can you get a fingertip at least in

betweent he top of the cast and his leg? Hope he's doing better!

Marcia

HELP....my little boy has been crying for two

straight days

Hello. I am a new member to this group. My son, Evan, has club feet

and is in his third round of casts. He showed discomfort with the

previous two rounds for about 24 hours, but then it subsided and he was

back to normal. This round, however, the discomfort has lasted now a

full 48 hours. He cries almost continuously and falls asleep only when

he's exhausted from crying. Tylenol is no longer helping the pain.

Does anyone have any suggestions for helping my little one to be more

comfortable? My doctor said the discomfort should only last 24 hours,

give or take. I put a call in to my doc this morning to see if he

things something is wrong. In the meantime, however, I thought I'd

check with the real life " experts " to see if there are any helpful

hints out there.

[Guest guest]

Hmm. After reading everyone's responses, I'm a bit concerned about waiting

until tomorrow to check things out. Evan had been making good progress and I

hope this isn't a major set back.

Marcia wrote: Who's your dr.? He shouldn't be

uncomfortable at all. Maybe frustrated, but not uncomfortable. Is the cast too

tight? Are his toes pink (squeeze them, they should be white where you squeeze

them for about a second and then turn immediately pink again)? Are they warm?

Can you get a fingertip at least in betweent he top of the cast and his leg?

Hope he's doing better!

Marcia

HELP....my little boy has been crying for two

straight days

Hello. I am a new member to this group. My son, Evan, has club feet

and is in his third round of casts. He showed discomfort with the

previous two rounds for about 24 hours, but then it subsided and he was

back to normal. This round, however, the discomfort has lasted now a

full 48 hours. He cries almost continuously and falls asleep only when

he's exhausted from crying. Tylenol is no longer helping the pain.

Does anyone have any suggestions for helping my little one to be more

comfortable? My doctor said the discomfort should only last 24 hours,

give or take. I put a call in to my doc this morning to see if he

things something is wrong. In the meantime, however, I thought I'd

check with the real life " experts " to see if there are any helpful

hints out there.

[Guest guest]

Jennie-

Evan is in good hands with Dr Dobbs so hopefully they can figure out

tomorrow(well I guess today) what was going on with Evan's feet.

Best wishes! hopefully you got some sleep!

kathleen

> Who's your dr.? He shouldn't be uncomfortable at all. Maybe

frustrated, but not uncomfortable. Is the cast too tight? Are his

toes pink (squeeze them, they should be white where you squeeze them

for about a second and then turn immediately pink again)? Are they

warm? Can you get a fingertip at least in betweent he top of the

cast and his leg? Hope he's doing better!

> Marcia

>

> HELP....my little boy has been

crying for two straight days

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> Hello. I am a new member to this group. My son, Evan, has club

feet

> and is in his third round of casts. He showed discomfort with

the

> previous two rounds for about 24 hours, but then it subsided and

he was

> back to normal. This round, however, the discomfort has lasted

now a

> full 48 hours. He cries almost continuously and falls asleep

only when

> he's exhausted from crying. Tylenol is no longer helping the

pain.

> Does anyone have any suggestions for helping my little one to be

more

> comfortable? My doctor said the discomfort should only last 24

hours,

> give or take. I put a call in to my doc this morning to see if

he

> things something is wrong. In the meantime, however, I thought

I'd

> check with the real life " experts " to see if there are any

helpful

> hints out there.

>

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[Guest guest]

Dr. Dobbs is known to be very good, but even Dr. Ponseti applied a cast too

tight to Everett once. Keep an eye on the toes, they sound OK now but keep

checking and if they turn cold, lose color or start looking blue/purple you

probably want to remove the cast asap!

s.

HELP....my little boy has been crying for two

straight days

Hello. I am a new member to this group. My son, Evan, has club feet

and is in his third round of casts. He showed discomfort with the

previous two rounds for about 24 hours, but then it subsided and he was

back to normal. This round, however, the discomfort has lasted now a

full 48 hours. He cries almost continuously and falls asleep only when

he's exhausted from crying. Tylenol is no longer helping the pain.

Does anyone have any suggestions for helping my little one to be more

comfortable? My doctor said the discomfort should only last 24 hours,

give or take. I put a call in to my doc this morning to see if he

things something is wrong. In the meantime, however, I thought I'd

check with the real life " experts " to see if there are any helpful

hints out there.

[Guest guest]

Jennie,

Please let us know what Dr. Dobbs has to say about the cast. Please

be assured that Evan is in excellent hands, Dr. Dobbs is simply one

of the very best clubfoot doctors in the country. I hope everything

is okay! My son is a patient of Dr. Dobbs as well. Do you live in

St. Louis or are you coming in from out of town to see him?

Mom to Jenna (4/7/01) & Sammy (9/25/04, RCF, Dobbs brace, 14hrs/day)

> Who's your dr.? He shouldn't be uncomfortable at all. Maybe

frustrated, but not uncomfortable. Is the cast too tight? Are his

toes pink (squeeze them, they should be white where you squeeze them

for about a second and then turn immediately pink again)? Are they

warm? Can you get a fingertip at least in betweent he top of the cast

and his leg? Hope he's doing better!

> Marcia

>

> HELP....my little boy has been

crying for two straight days

>

>

> Hello. I am a new member to this group. My son, Evan, has club

feet

> and is in his third round of casts. He showed discomfort with

the

> previous two rounds for about 24 hours, but then it subsided and

he was

> back to normal. This round, however, the discomfort has lasted

now a

> full 48 hours. He cries almost continuously and falls asleep

only when

> he's exhausted from crying. Tylenol is no longer helping the

pain.

> Does anyone have any suggestions for helping my little one to be

more

> comfortable? My doctor said the discomfort should only last 24

hours,

> give or take. I put a call in to my doc this morning to see if

he

> things something is wrong. In the meantime, however, I thought

I'd

> check with the real life " experts " to see if there are any

helpful

> hints out there.

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Yeah, what she said, lol. I know our dr. is great, but one time Janna had a

small red spot on the top of her foot where it was applied a bit too snug and we

also removed one cast the same day it was applied because she was crying a

strange for her cry and the top was tight. Couldn't get my finger in the top of

the cast. Anyway, took off the cast and she had a red ring around the top of her

leg. The point being, even great docs can goof once in a while, they are just

human Sounds like you've got a great dr., I've heard nothing but praise for

Dr. Dobbs. I would probably take the cast off now, since he's inconsolable, and

you are going in tomorrow a.m. anyway. Regardless though, do what you think is

best and let us know what he says.

Marcia

HELP....my little boy has been crying for

two straight days

Hello. I am a new member to this group. My son, Evan, has club feet

and is in his third round of casts. He showed discomfort with the

previous two rounds for about 24 hours, but then it subsided and he was

back to normal. This round, however, the discomfort has lasted now a

full 48 hours. He cries almost continuously and falls asleep only when

he's exhausted from crying. Tylenol is no longer helping the pain.

Does anyone have any suggestions for helping my little one to be more

comfortable? My doctor said the discomfort should only last 24 hours,

give or take. I put a call in to my doc this morning to see if he

things something is wrong. In the meantime, however, I thought I'd

check with the real life " experts " to see if there are any helpful

hints out there.

[Guest guest]

Jennie,

I'm so glad that Evan is doing better in his cast. Isn't a the

best?

So Evan sees Dr. Dobbs at Children's? My son, Sammy sees him there

too. We live further out, in Wentzville, but I make the commute daily

since I work at Washington University Med School, so it is really no

different when I have to bring Sammy in for his appointments. I work

in the building right next door to Children's. Sam has an appointment

to see Dr. Dobbs on Tuesday, the 21st, will you guys be in that day?

> > Who's your dr.? He shouldn't be uncomfortable at all. Maybe

> frustrated, but not uncomfortable. Is the cast too tight? Are his

> toes pink (squeeze them, they should be white where you squeeze them

> for about a second and then turn immediately pink again)? Are they

> warm? Can you get a fingertip at least in betweent he top of the cast

> and his leg? Hope he's doing better!

> > Marcia

> >

> > HELP....my little boy has been

> crying for two straight days

> >

> >

> > Hello. I am a new member to this group. My son, Evan, has club

> feet

> > and is in his third round of casts. He showed discomfort with

> the

> > previous two rounds for about 24 hours, but then it subsided and

> he was

> > back to normal. This round, however, the discomfort has lasted

> now a

> > full 48 hours. He cries almost continuously and falls asleep

> only when

> > he's exhausted from crying. Tylenol is no longer helping the

> pain.

> > Does anyone have any suggestions for helping my little one to be

> more

> > comfortable? My doctor said the discomfort should only last 24

> hours,

> > give or take. I put a call in to my doc this morning to see if

> he

> > things something is wrong. In the meantime, however, I thought

> I'd

> > check with the real life " experts " to see if there are any

> helpful

> > hints out there.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Jennie - our appt. is at 8:00 also. I will look for you guys. Sammy

is 17 months and wearing his brace 14 hrs/day.

allison

> > > Who's your dr.? He shouldn't be uncomfortable at all. Maybe

> > frustrated, but not uncomfortable. Is the cast too tight? Are his

> > toes pink (squeeze them, they should be white where you squeeze them

> > for about a second and then turn immediately pink again)? Are they

> > warm? Can you get a fingertip at least in betweent he top of the cast

> > and his leg? Hope he's doing better!

> > > Marcia

> > >

> > > HELP....my little boy has been

> > crying for two straight days

> > >

> > >

> > > Hello. I am a new member to this group. My son, Evan, has club

> > feet

> > > and is in his third round of casts. He showed discomfort with

> > the

> > > previous two rounds for about 24 hours, but then it subsided and

> > he was

> > > back to normal. This round, however, the discomfort has lasted

> > now a

> > > full 48 hours. He cries almost continuously and falls asleep

> > only when

> > > he's exhausted from crying. Tylenol is no longer helping the

> > pain.

> > > Does anyone have any suggestions for helping my little one to be

> > more

> > > comfortable? My doctor said the discomfort should only last 24

> > hours,

> > > give or take. I put a call in to my doc this morning to see if

> > he

> > > things something is wrong. In the meantime, however, I thought

> > I'd

> > > check with the real life " experts " to see if there are any

> > helpful

> > > hints out there.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >