Guest guest Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 Our Gal that comes from Early Head Start was here today. Lilee doesnt crawl, but kinda leaps just a tad. She did pull herself up by herself today (barely), and she was concerned she doesnt stand flat footed more so on her CF, that her regular foot. She stands on her tippy toes. She had MA on her left foot. For whatever its worth, she ALWAYS keeps her legs spread apart whenever sitting, standing or on her tummy. kinda like she's still in the brace. If you try and put her legs together she gets kinda upset and will spead them back out. I sitll think that one of her legs is longer than the other. I dont think more thatn 1/2 " or so. Maybe even only 1/4 " . I dont think that that would cause this though. I am afraid that since she has had to be out of the brace so often that this may be a sign or relapse! She was out for 5 days about 3 weeks ago. Then out a day here and there (about once a week, she is out today also) for sores and swelling she gets from the middle strap in the P/M's. Can anyone give me some advice? Her foot and leg are so chubby that sometimes I think her dorsoflextion can be decieving? I think she has about 10degree dorso and has 60-70 abduction. Her appt with her Ortho isnt until May 30th. Just being paranoid here! :oD Christee Mother of... *Josh~Learning/Speech Delays (9) **Aspen~ Bilateral Metatarsus Adductus (6) ***Dylan~PTSD/Anxiety (4) ****Lilee~A-Typical UCF w/Plantaris ® & Metatarsus Adductus (L) *P/M Brace 16-18/24.Struggling w/pressure sores (8 months) Concidering Dobbs bar & braces --------------------------------- Get amazing travel prices for air and hotel in one click on Yahoo! FareChase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2006 Report Share Posted May 3, 2006 Christee, I just sent you some pics of Karter's last relapse from my other email account(check spam) Maybe this will help you. Also I sent you 's reply to Karter's feet. Tabitha Christee wrote: Our Gal that comes from Early Head Start was here today. Lilee doesnt crawl, but kinda leaps just a tad. She did pull herself up by herself today (barely), and she was concerned she doesnt stand flat footed more so on her CF, that her regular foot. She stands on her tippy toes. She had MA on her left foot. For whatever its worth, she ALWAYS keeps her legs spread apart whenever sitting, standing or on her tummy. kinda like she's still in the brace. If you try and put her legs together she gets kinda upset and will spead them back out. I sitll think that one of her legs is longer than the other. I dont think more thatn 1/2 " or so. Maybe even only 1/4 " . I dont think that that would cause this though. I am afraid that since she has had to be out of the brace so often that this may be a sign or relapse! She was out for 5 days about 3 weeks ago. Then out a day here and there (about once a week, she is out today also) for sores and swelling she gets from the middle strap in the P/M's. Can anyone give me some advice? Her foot and leg are so chubby that sometimes I think her dorsoflextion can be decieving? I think she has about 10degree dorso and has 60-70 abduction. Her appt with her Ortho isnt until May 30th. Just being paranoid here! :oD Christee Mother of... *Josh~Learning/Speech Delays (9) **Aspen~ Bilateral Metatarsus Adductus (6) ***Dylan~PTSD/Anxiety (4) ****Lilee~A-Typical UCF w/Plantaris ® & Metatarsus Adductus (L) *P/M Brace 16-18/24.Struggling w/pressure sores (8 months) Concidering Dobbs bar & braces --------------------------------- Get amazing travel prices for air and hotel in one click on Yahoo! FareChase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 4, 2006 Report Share Posted May 4, 2006 Hey, Christee, My Lily has been pulling herself up (and starting to cruise a bit on furniture) for just over a month now (she's 13 months). When she started this, she kept her legs quite far apart (as she typically has done while sitting or crawling-as you described, like she still has the brace on) & I was concerned that would really throw her balance off. But after a few weeks of practicing, she's learned to put her legs closer together when she stands. And when she was first starting to stand, she definitely would bear more of the weight on her non-cf. That also is starting to even out as her legs gain strength. So I've shared some of your same concerns over the past few weeks. Her foot has such great range of motion (and she had recently had a checkup where it was scored as a 0), that I tried not to get too worried (I really was when she wasn't putting her cf down flat at first when she started to stand). And things seemed to have improved. Just keep an eye on it & see how she does. Sounds like she's making good progress. HTH, Kim Lily, 3/28/05, lcf, P/M FAB 16hrs Tessa, 7/17/02 Christee wrote: Our Gal that comes from Early Head Start was here today. Lilee doesnt crawl, but kinda leaps just a tad. She did pull herself up by herself today (barely), and she was concerned she doesnt stand flat footed more so on her CF, that her regular foot. She stands on her tippy toes. She had MA on her left foot. For whatever its worth, she ALWAYS keeps her legs spread apart whenever sitting, standing or on her tummy. kinda like she's still in the brace. If you try and put her legs together she gets kinda upset and will spead them back out. I sitll think that one of her legs is longer than the other. I dont think more thatn 1/2 " or so. Maybe even only 1/4 " . I dont think that that would cause this though. I am afraid that since she has had to be out of the brace so often that this may be a sign or relapse! She was out for 5 days about 3 weeks ago. Then out a day here and there (about once a week, she is out today also) for sores and swelling she gets from the middle strap in the P/M's. Can anyone give me some advice? Her foot and leg are so chubby that sometimes I think her dorsoflextion can be decieving? I think she has about 10degree dorso and has 60-70 abduction. Her appt with her Ortho isnt until May 30th. Just being paranoid here! :oD Christee Mother of... *Josh~Learning/Speech Delays (9) **Aspen~ Bilateral Metatarsus Adductus (6) ***Dylan~PTSD/Anxiety (4) ****Lilee~A-Typical UCF w/Plantaris ® & Metatarsus Adductus (L) *P/M Brace 16-18/24.Struggling w/pressure sores (8 months) Concidering Dobbs bar & braces --------------------------------- Get amazing travel prices for air and hotel in one click on Yahoo! FareChase Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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