Kori

July 21, 2006

Hi Kori.

I have a question for you about severity. When we finally saw Dr. P,

we brought newborn pictures and Dr. Ponseti said he could see she her

clubfeet at birth were " very severe " and " severely deformed " . When

he examined her feet, hed added some other terms which boiled down to

they weren't corrected either(he never used the words atypical or

complex which I see here sometimes but he did say her feet

were " resistant " ). Dr. Ponseti said that our original ortho (with

whom he was familiar) could probably " treat more moderate clubfoot "

but not feet of Lily's " severity " .

This left me with the distinct idea that severity does matter. I

would like to be as educated on clubfoot as possible so would you

please tell me why you believe our information is in conflict?

Thanks, Kori. I know you are one of the resident experts!

> >Hi. I ran into an 11 month old today in s today at the

> >library! That's the first time we have ever seen another clubfoot

> >child in treatment, casts or braces (except for 1 time in Dr. P's

> >office). So fun for Lily to see someone who looked like her! Is

there

> >ever a clubfoot gathering in Iowa City? The way Lily laughed and

> >pointed at the little one's s made me happy.

> >

> >However, after speaking with this mother, I know she is seeing the

> >local ortho who is not following Dr. P to a " T " . Her daughter's

case

> >is unilateral and mild and she was fine with the local ortho. I

didn't

> >say anything other than that we loved Dr. Ponseti and if she was

ever

> >concerned, he and his team have worked miracles on Lily, but in

> >retrospect, I think I should have said something, but what?

> >

> >Send instant messages to your online friends

> >

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