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Hi. My name is Kim and I am a member of the other clubfoot group, but

saw a post for this group and wanted to join because I am having a

lot of anxiety about my son's treatment. My son, , was born 3-

19-06 with right clubfoot. We did not know before he was born and

have no family history (that we can find)of clubfoot. We initially

saw a doctor that was putting casts on my son, but they were not done

the Ponseti way. My son lost 5 casts in 10 days. I feel that he was

somewhat tramatized by the situation because the doctor did not know

what he was doing and I did not know any better. I found another

doctor who has studied with Dr. Ponseti and has been practicing his

method for 4 years. We are now on our second cast and they have

stayed on!! However, , cries a lot everytime they touch his

foot. They told me he does not need any Tylenol afterwards, but I

have a hard time believing that. They sent me home with a DVD to

watch and I saw that they cut the tendon in his ankle afterwards.

Truthfully, I am having a hard time with that idea. It scares me. I

talked to the doctor about it and they told me that they only give

local anesthetic. I just wanted to talk to some other parents to see

how their experience was. ANy input would help.

Thanks, Kim