sara's Story
my son daughter has club feetOn Dec. 21st, 2005, my son, Mason, was born with bilateral clubbed feet. I had no clue as to what that was or what caused it. We didn't get professional treatment till he was 2 months old with Shriners Hospital in Greenville South Carolina. A 3 hour trip from our home in Tennessee each week. He went through the casting and at 4 months old, they clipped both heel cordes. He remained in casts until 8 months, then he had the major surgery with 2 pins in the right foot and none in the left. During the time in the big casts with the bar between to keep him from moving his legs, the pin in the bottom of the right foot got lost in his foot and had to be removed. He was recasted form another 12 weeks. He was then placed in AFO braces until March 2007. He began walking at 17 months. Now at 18 months he is doing great. He is pigeon toed now, but they say it will correct in time. We go back every 6 months. I am pregnant with my 3rd child and I am praying that his feet will be okay. I highly recommend shriners hospital. they are truely a God Send.
Added on 02 Jul 2007
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All times are in GMT -04:00Comment added by Paul Duarte on the Sun 16 September 2007 a 04:34am
I was born with bilateral club feet 29 years ago> I had multiple corrective surgeries and the most helpful were performed at the Shriners in San Francisco(located now in Sacramento). Coincidentally, my two year old is named Mason>>>
Comment added by Linda on the Tue 24 July 2007 a 08:57pm
my brother was recently born with club feet. he was born in the great hands of the royal brisbanes children hospital
Comment added by Christine Harford on the Fri 20 July 2007 a 07:37am
my son has club feet. He had sugrey when he was 8 weeks oid. He went through all that castin and all. He now only wears the boots with the bar at night. He turn 1 on tuesday and he feet look fine. He a little mad thing. His feet are not slowing him down he not walking yet but i say he will be soon. I go to tempil street hospitl in dublin
Comment added by Kindra Bassett on the Wed 11 July 2007 a 07:00pm
I also had a son with bilateral club feet. He was in casts at 10 days old. He is almost 22 months old and he is a WILD man!!! I also took him to Shriners once a week, almost an eight hour trip. I LOVE Shriners!
Comment added by Harmony on the Mon 9 July 2007 a 11:00pm
I have a son that was born with clubfeet also, i'd like to find other familys for support