Re: Baby just started with Ponseti- general questions.

[Guest guest]

Joyce,

Congratulations on your baby boy! What is his name?

Typically, the casts are removed in one of two ways. They're either

removed with a cast saw or the baby is soaked in warm water (with

vinegar in it) to soften up the plaster, and then they cut it off

with a scissors/knife very carefully. Have you been taking pictures

of his feet and the casts?

You're right that the foot abduction brace is used by many doctors

even if they're not using the Ponseti method.

I can't think of any measuring that is done during treatment. The

doctor should be examining the foot though and noting the progress.

Best wishes,

& (3-16-00, lcf)

>

> Hi all,

> My son was born on April 14 with one club foot. Fortunately we

knew

> beforehand and I was able to seek out the one dr in The

Netherlands

> that performs the Ponseti Method fully. He's already on his second

> cast and I've been pretty happy with the dr so far. When they took

the

> cast off, however, he got scratched up pretty good (and screamed

> plenty loud) in the area where the cast was tightest :-(. Is that

> normal? They took the cast off with a pliers kind of thing and

then

> pried it off. We were able to give him a bath in the maternity

ward of

> the hospital where the casting is being done.

>

> Do they do any kind of measuring during the casting normally? So

far,

> the dr felt that the first casting went really well. The brace is

the

> foot abduction brace and there's someone that goes around the

> hospitals in the area distributing braces. That sounds odd to me

but I

> suppose the braces are the same for the various methods?

>

> Joyce

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the response, . My son's name is Dylan and he's

doing pretty well with the cast. Maybe it's harder for me at this

point :-(. I meant to bring a camera to the hospital to take a

picture after the first cast was removed but forgot it. The dr

looked at his foot and said it looked very good so I'm hopeful it

means that we won't need as many casts.

Joyce

> >

> > Hi all,

> > My son was born on April 14 with one club foot. Fortunately we

> knew

> > beforehand and I was able to seek out the one dr in The

> Netherlands

> > that performs the Ponseti Method fully. He's already on his

second

> > cast and I've been pretty happy with the dr so far. When they

took

> the

> > cast off, however, he got scratched up pretty good (and screamed

> > plenty loud) in the area where the cast was tightest :-(. Is

that

> > normal? They took the cast off with a pliers kind of thing and

> then

> > pried it off. We were able to give him a bath in the maternity

> ward of

> > the hospital where the casting is being done.

> >

> > Do they do any kind of measuring during the casting normally? So

> far,

> > the dr felt that the first casting went really well. The brace

is

> the

> > foot abduction brace and there's someone that goes around the

> > hospitals in the area distributing braces. That sounds odd to me

> but I

> > suppose the braces are the same for the various methods?

> >

> > Joyce

> >

>