My son is now 19 months old, and was born with bi-lateral clubbed feet. He had go threw the serial casting when he was a week old for about 7 weeks, and then had moved on the the Dennis Brown shoes and bar bracing. As he got older he would not tolerate the bar on, and eventually he figured out how to get the shoes off. Now he is schedualed for surgery on the 28th of this month. And the more research i do about the surgery the more scared I'm getting about him under going the surgery and I'm really thinking about backing out of it. At this point I'm just really unsure of what to do and really need some other mom's/parents that can relate to my situation.
after his serial casting he did have the dennis brown shoes. they are the shoes that have the bar on the bottom of the heels.
ICM3181 I'm not saying your wrong but for alot of babies surgery is necessary!!
my son has had three surgerys for the bi-lateral clubbed feet and it is in more cases then not the best thing to do is let them do the surgery my sons feet keep relapsing he is 4 now and has to go to shriners because they are turning back in if you can try to do shriners they specialise in clubbed feet
Quoting lcm3181:Do NOT do the surgery without a second or third opinion. Get to Iowa if you can. Surgery isn't necessary!!
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on Mar. 24, 2011 at 4:10 PM