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Post by kg91207 on Nov 15, 2011 11:09:30 GMT -5
Took Kaelyn last week to be fitted for orthotics. We picked out purple butterflies for the decoration. We go back next Wednesday to get them. She SCREAMED when they were doing the molds. I just laughed because she doesn't cry like that when she gets shots! The guy said it scares them. I guess so. They put a sock thing on her leg then run tubing up under it, which serves as the guide when he cuts the cast off. That's what freaked her out. When he got done she told him "thank you". That made him laugh!
And I am going to brag...got to have lunch with Jackie on Friday!!! She is so fun to hang out with and talk to!! Hopefully we'll get to see Emily while she's here in December!!
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Post by Chris too on Nov 15, 2011 21:11:18 GMT -5
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Post by Chris on Nov 15, 2011 21:43:48 GMT -5
My daughter has had so many medical procedures and she is very, very defensive when she has them done. Screaming is common but I must say she is also very polite and never forgets to say thank you. I think it may be her way of telling them not to take the screaming personally. She just gets so scared.
Chris
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Post by Jackie on Nov 16, 2011 8:48:29 GMT -5
interested in these orthotics for kids...I got orthotics for my feet (arthritis) last fall...$350 poorer and now everything in my body is out of kilter from trying to get used to them. They are now in a drawer...LOL...someone tell me how and why they are using these with their child. Sounds interesting and not an option that I know of when Em was young.
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Post by kg91207 on Nov 16, 2011 13:42:13 GMT -5
Kaelyn is getting them because she is flat footed and pigeon toed. Just like her daddy and I'm sure the extra chromosome doesn't help! Medford said if not corrected, it could lead to hip problems later in life. I know Aaron's was never corrected and he has such problems with his knees now. So he was a big proponent of getting these for her. They said that she will get more pigeon toed at first as they are building up her arches but it will eventually all straighten out! Kaelyn's left foot turns in even more the faster she walks, then she gets tripped on it.
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Post by Chris too on Nov 17, 2011 10:44:13 GMT -5
I was pigeon-toed when I was little. I wore special shoes with soles that rolled my feet outward - that part was cool to 5-year-old me, but not cool was that they only had about 3 different styles, none of them cute or cool =( Still, two or three years of that, and I was fixed for life =)
Flat-footedness comes, almost always, from poor muscle strength in the arch and will not be cured by any orthotic, but rather by foot exercises - like what you get in ballet class (hint, hint - I do want to see that cutie pie, Kaelyn in a ballet costume and on stage), or by walking around barefoot on tippy toes (also cute for pics, btw)
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