LILY's Story
my son daughter has club feetMY NAME IS LILY I AM A 24 YR OLD MOTHER OF A 2 1/2 YR OLD WILD CHILD WHO WAS BORN WITH BILATERAL CLUB FEET. I WAS 7 MONTHS WHEN I WAS INFORMED FROM MY DR. THAT MY SON AMIR WAS POSSIBLY GOIN TO BE BORN WITH A CLUB FOOT. AT THE TIME THEY REALLY CCOULDNT TELL IF IT WAS ONE OR BOTH FEET. I WENT IN FOR A 3-D VIEW BUT STILL HAD TO WAIT ON RESULTS. WHEN I RECEIVED THE PHONE CALL THAT IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT AMIR WAS GOING TO BORN WITH BILATERAL CLUB I WAS DEVASTATED. I DINT KNOW WHAT WAS GONNA HAPPEN OR WHAT I WAS GONNA DO. THIS WAS GONNA BE MY FIRST CHILD AND I DIDNT KNOW HOW I WAS SUPPOSE TO HANDLE IT. TO MOVE ON AMIR WAS BORN THE FATHER AND I WERE TOGETHER AT THE TIME. WHEN THEY WERE CLEANING OFF AMIR I TURNED AND LOOKED AT CHRIS THE FATHER AND SAW HIM CRYING. I ASKED IF HIS FEET WERE LIKE THAT AND HE KNODDED YES. I BEGAN TO CRY THE NURSE INFORMED ME THAT EVERYTHING WOULD BE OK THAT WE WOULD OVERCOME IT ALL THAT AMIR IS A BEAUTIFUL BOY AND WILL BEGIN TO RUN AND JUMP WHEN EVERYTHING IS SET AND DONE. I DIDNT WANT TO BELIEVVE HER BUT I TOOK IT ALL IN TO MAKE ME STRONG. AMIR WAS 4 WEEKS OLD WHEN HE GOT HIS FIRST CASTINGS DONE. IT HURT TO SEE MY SON LIKE THAT BUT I KNEW IN THE END IT WILL PAY OFF. WHEN AMIR TURNED 4 MONTHS HE HAD HIS FIRST SURGERY TO RELEASE THE TENDON ON THE BACK OF HIS HEEL SINCE THEY WERE PULLED UP. HIS RECOVERY WAS WELL AND WE CONTINUED ON WITH THE CASTINGS TO STRAIGHTEN HIS FEET. I FELT THAT IT WAS HELPING SO AMIRS SURGEON REQUESTED THAT AMIR GO INTO AFO BRACES. SO AT 6 MONTHS AMIR BEGAN THE AFO'S. THAT LASTED TIL HE WAS BOUT 8 1/2 MONTHS THAN I TOOK HIM OFF OF THEM CAUSE THEY WERE JUS IRRITATING AMIRS FEET. WHEN AMIR WAS A YR AND 4 MONTHS IT WAS TIME FOR HIM TO GET HIS MAJOR SURGERY DONE WHER THEY WERE GOIN TO RELEASE THE TENDONS ON THE INSIDE OF HIS LEGS AND FEET SO THAT IT IS NO LONGER PULLIN UP INSIDE. THEY PUT 3 PINS IN HIS FEET. ONE ON THE OUT SIDE ON THE TOP OF HIS FOOT AND ON THE INSIDE OF HIS FOOT. THIS PROCEDURE WAS DONE ON BOTH OF HIS FEET AND THAN CASTED. HE STAYED IN THE CAST FOR ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AND THAN WAS REWRAPPED FOR ANOTHER MONTH AND A HALF. THAN ONE DAY I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS DRY BLOOD ON HIS TOES I CALLLED HIS DR AND HE WANTED ME TO BRING HIM IN WELL IT SEEMS THAT THE PINS HAD PUSHED THEIR WAY OUT AND THATS WAS WE WANTED TO HAPPEN. THEY REMOVED THE CAST AND WRAP AND TO MY SURPRISE AMIRS FEET WERE STRAIGHT. I CRIED IT WAS THE GREATEST FEELIN I HAD EVER HAD TO SEE THIS GREAT JOB THAT AMIR'S DR HAD DONE. WELL A FEW MONTHS PASSED AND I NOTICED AMIRS RIGHT FOOT WAS TURNIN IN A LITTLE. I TOOK HIM BACK TO THE DR AND HE PUT AMIR IN STRAIGHT LACE SHOES. HE WORE THOSE FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS AND GREW OUT OF THEM WE WENT BACK TO THE DR AND HE FELT THAT SMO SHOULD DO THE TRICK. IT WAS SO MUCH BETTER TO WORK WITH THE SMO CAUSE THEY ARE ONLY ANKLE BRACES. IT WSA HARD TO FIND WIDE SHOES TO FIT HIS BRACES. ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER THEY BEGAN TO IRRITATE AMIRS FEET AGAIN. SO I MYSELF TOOK THEM OFF. AMIRS 2ND BIRTHDAY PASSED AND HE WAS UP AND RUNNING AND JUMPING I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD GET TO THIS POINT. WELL JUST RECENTLY WE HAD HIS LAST VISIT WITH HIS SURGEON. WE RECEIVED WONDERFUL NEWS AMIR IS DOIN GREAT WITH HIS PROGRESS. THAT HE WONT BE NEEDING ANOTHER SURGERY THAT EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT TO KEEP HIM IN RUGGED HIGH TOPS AND EVERYTHING SHOULD BE GREAT. BUT THAT IF I SEE ANY CHANGES TO GIVE HIM A CALL AND THEY WILL SEE WHATS GOIN ON... SSSSSOOOOOOO WWWWOOOOOOOOOOHHHHOOOOOOOOOO I HAVE HAD THE BIGGEST SMILE ON MY FACE SINCE THAT DAY. IT IS A WONDERFUL FEELING TO HAVE I JUST WANT TO THANK DR. COMSTOCK OUT OF CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS FOR EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE FOR AMIR. AND TO THE MOTHERS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS NOW HANG IN THERE EVERYTHING WILL BE JUST GREAT IN THE END!!!!!!!!
Added on 26 Apr 2009