Her Arrival

She was completely beautiful everything I thought and more. Her Two Cute Little Feet were in deed turned in. It was not a surprise to us cause we already new that it was going to be that way. It was just a complete relief to have her here and to be able to see her and see, touch and kiss those cute feet.

 Her bones where all there we could feel them we were even able to stretch her left foot all the way where it looked normal. Her right foot is worse off then her left foot though and thats okay cause its all fixable. If you felt her heal of her foot before we casted them you would feel like your ear lobe there was no bone there and that is the cause of club foot we were told and so thats what we are trying to get moved down. So the next morning after having her we called Dr. Stotts office and made her first appointment to go up and get her first set of casts put on.

Meeting Dr. Stotts for the First time.

Today was the day we were going to go get some answers and I was totally ready. I had my Mom go with me cause Brad was not able to come with me that day. I had a list of about 30 or so questions. I was able to meet with Dr. Alan Stotts he is the most FABULOUS Ortho Dr you could find. He was so kind and was able to put alot of my fears at rest. When I asked him about the Spina Bifida he said that I should have already know about that and since the Ultra Sound Dr said he was 95 % sure she did not have it then we are good. Then I asked about the Down Syndrome or having a type of Syndrome and he said that he has never seen a baby with Downs before. I ask about the Surgery and he said ten years ago that would be the case but now they do the ponseti method for club feet which is they do a set of casts every week  for 6 wks it can go longer and they just try and stretch out there feet. There is a surgery they do and its they poke a whole in there achilles heel and snip the tendon and then wrap it back up for a week and then re stretch the foot and then wrap it back up for two weeks and then she should be good he said.He also told us that after the casts she would have to be in a brace for 23hrs a day for three months straight and then after the three months then she will have to sleep in them till she is the age of 4 years old. He also told us another shocking news that she might not even have the club foot problem there is no way to really tell in just one ultra sound he said if we saw this in more then one ultra sound then yes we could be looking at playing with her feet. He also said that there is no way to tell if  her case was mild or moderate until she gets here and he can touch her to see how felixable she is. He also said that he see's 7 to 10 new baby's each week with this condition. Which was really surprising to me. He did say that by the time she is one she will be walking and on her way to chasing those two older brothers for me. Which was a words I needed to hear. He said that when I have her to call them if she has it and we left. I left that office in way better spirits then I have had the whole week before. I was amazed and new I had just found an amazing Dr.

20 Week Ultra Sound

I was twenty weeks pregnant when we found out that our little Gal was going to be clubbed foot in both feet. It was scary news and it was a total shock to us at first. The ultra sound Dr was a jerk he had us so scared he told us that she was going to have Spina Bifida and that if she did not have that then for sure she was going to have down syndrome or some type of a syndrome problem.  He did tell us that she would have to have surgery right away after having her like with in the first wk of life which it totally NOT true at all. He did tell us that her case was some where between a mild to moderate case. He asked us if it would help if a genetic councilor  called us to talk to us about all of this and we said sure but never got the call though.

This is the ultra sound picture of her feet at 20 wks.

I remember walking out of that ultra sound just in total fear and so over whelmed that I was going to have a baby girl who would not have a chance to be a normal little girl who would not be able to walk, run, skip,  and be able to keep her two older brothers in line  for me. We went right to my Moms house and got online and we googled it and got some good info and not so good info. But the best thing that happened for us is My fabulous Mom called up at Primary children's hospital to the orthopedic department and we got an appointment to go talk to one of the Dr's up there a week later. That week in between the Ultra sound and waiting to go talk to the Dr was hell for me I was so worried and so over whelmed with all of the potability's that could or couldn't happen. I am grateful for my family and friends for the prayers and the fast that we did it truly helped us out.   

Getting Started

This is a blog about my little Girl and the road we have taken and the road we have not traveled on yet. I wanted a way to wright down and to keep record of what is going on with her and with me and with the whole process of whats going on with my little gal, and just maybe we can help another Mother and Father out there that is going through what we are going through. So here is to the start.