Guest guest Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 Hi , Congratulations on your pregnancy! Our son (8-28-05) has bilateral clubfeet. We live in Crystal River in Florida and went to Dr Woo in Gainesville for his treatment. He follows the Ponseti method and we were very satisfied with him, his team, and the results. 1- is their number. Regards, Corina ________________________________ From: nosurgery4clubfoot [mailto:nosurgery4clubfoot ] Sent: Tue 5/9/2006 10:04 AM To: nosurgery4clubfoot Subject: Digest Number 3094 There are 13 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. Re: New to forum - Anyone live in Tampa Bay area?(Long reply to Step From: " " mj_remington@... 2. ROBIN!!!!!!!! From: " frogabog " frogabog@... 3. Baby's here...more confused than ever! From: " jennlinmcl39 " jennmcl39@... 4. Re: Northern Virginia: Markell Boots & Bar Vendors? From: " trumpcard9999 " trumpcard@... 5. Re: New to forum - Anyone live in Tampa Bay area? From: " number23 " number23@... 6. Re: Baby's here...more confused than ever! From: " number23 " number23@... 7. Re: New to forum - Anyone live in Tampa Bay area?(Long reply to Step From: " number23 " number23@... 8. Re: New to forum - Anyone live in Tampa Bay area?(Long reply to Step From: " needing prayers " novemberfable@... 9. Re: Baby's here...more confused than ever! From: " needing prayers " novemberfable@... 10. Re: Baby's here...more confused than ever! From: " " mj_remington@... 11. Re: Baby's here...more confused than ever! From: " Naomi " powellbugs@... 12. Re: Baby's here...more confused than ever! From: " childrenloveall " cjjidaho@... 13. Re: posting pics From: " childrenloveall " cjjidaho@... ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message 1 From: " " mj_remington@... Date: Mon May 8, 2006 3:02pm(PDT) Subject: Re: New to forum - Anyone live in Tampa Bay area?(Long reply to Step Hi , Sorry to hear that you were told of your baby's club foot so harshly! It's too bad that these doc's are so darned busy! Ours was the same, in fact the nurses where Grace was born made a few cracks about him. Basically saying that he was one of those busy OB's that didn't show up until you were at least 8 cm's, collected his $1500 for the delivery and was outta there haha, (I can laugh about it now) and honestly, the nurses were so great that I really didn't care at the time....I had more important things on my mind....mainly, GET THIS BABY OUT lol! I was happy to have my OB though because he did an awesome job stitching me up (I tore from Grace's shoulders, she has these massive shoulders from her dad). For me, I was pissed because we had 7 US's - one was even one of those new ones in colour and 3D and they never picked up on her right club foot. But anyway, this group is far better than any doc (that isn't Ponseti) or Ped for advise for club foot I have found personally anyway I am glad to hear that you are feelin better about the whole thing! Once you find a good Ponseti doctor and get things set up, you will feel so so so much better!!! He/She will explain the whole process to you etc. Smiles, & Grace > We did use Orthotic Solutions in Februrary, as that was recommended by our dr. We did see them 3 times, once for measuring, once for fitting, and a final follow-up fit the Markell shoes. We definately found them to be professional and helpful. Unfortunately, the Markell shoes did not work out for us in the end, and we had to order s. We had to order these directly from the website. I got the impression that Orthodic Solutions were not as familar with this type, and what they were going to charge us was 3x the manufactor's price. Considering that the shoes are not covered (I'm still fighting for it) by my ins., $1100 is quite a bit that they were asking for the mitchells. The Markells are more reasonably priced. Good luck! > My son, Declan, has bi-lateral clubfeet & he is being treated by Dr. > Herzenberg in Baltimore. He's currently in his 10th and final cast (7 > regular, 1 semi-ridged & 2 post-tenonomy), so now we need to find a > place that sells the boots & bar. Dr. H gave us a listing of vendors > in VA, but I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with the > following companies that are close to us: > > Public Shoe Store, Arlington > Bradshaaw / Kids Clothes, Arlington > Nascott Rehab Services, Fairfax > Orthotic Solutions, Fairfax > > Thanks! > > Mom to Declan, born 2/16/06 > ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Message 5 From: " number23 " number23@... Date: Mon May 8, 2006 8:45pm(PDT) Subject: Re: New to forum - Anyone live in Tampa Bay area? Just doin' our job, Ma'am. ee Mother of 3 Clubfooted Sons: - Bilateral Club Feet April 1998 Everett - Bilateral Club Feet September 2003 Garrison - Bilateral Club Feet March 2006 ----- I haven't cried in days, but as I read all of your responses, I broke down again. This time, though, it wasn't because of fear and sadness. My tears came with a feeling of relief. Thank you all so much for being here and responding. --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 9, 2006 Report Share Posted May 9, 2006 Corina, Thank you so much for the information. I feel very lucky that I seem to be surrounded by Doctors who use the Ponseti method of treatment. There are supposedly two in Tampa, another person on this forum went to a Dr in Orlando and now your Dr in Gainesville. I love having the choices. I'm very glad that things went well for your son. Did you know about the CF before birth? If so, did you already have Dr. Woo lined up to treat him? > > > We did use Orthotic Solutions in Februrary, as that was recommended > by our dr. We did see them 3 times, once for measuring, once for > fitting, and a final follow-up fit the Markell shoes. We definately > found them to be professional and helpful. > > Unfortunately, the Markell shoes did not work out for us in the end, > and we had to order s. We had to order these directly from > the website. I got the impression that Orthodic Solutions > were not as familar with this type, and what they were going to > charge us was 3x the manufactor's price. Considering that the shoes > are not covered (I'm still fighting for it) by my ins., $1100 is > quite a bit that they were asking for the mitchells. The Markells > are more reasonably priced. Good luck! > > > My son, Declan, has bi-lateral clubfeet & he is being treated by > Dr. > > Herzenberg in Baltimore. He's currently in his 10th and final > cast (7 > > regular, 1 semi-ridged & 2 post-tenonomy), so now we need to find > a > > place that sells the boots & bar. Dr. H gave us a listing of > vendors > > in VA, but I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with the > > following companies that are close to us: > > > > Public Shoe Store, Arlington > > Bradshaaw / Kids Clothes, Arlington > > Nascott Rehab Services, Fairfax > > Orthotic Solutions, Fairfax > > > > Thanks! > > > > Mom to Declan, born 2/16/06 > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Message 5 > From: " number23 " number23@... > Date: Mon May 8, 2006 8:45pm(PDT) > Subject: Re: New to forum - Anyone live in Tampa Bay area? > > Just doin' our job, Ma'am. > > > > ee > Mother of 3 Clubfooted Sons: > - Bilateral Club Feet April 1998 > Everett - Bilateral Club Feet September 2003 > Garrison - Bilateral Club Feet March 2006 > ----- > I haven't cried in days, but as I read all of your responses, I broke > down again. This time, though, it wasn't because of fear and sadness. > My tears came with a feeling of relief. Thank you all so much for > being here and responding. > > > --- > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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