Believe it or not Malorie only needed 3 sets of casts. She did amazingly well and feet responded perfectly to the treatment. Normally (80% of the time) they always end up doing a tenotomy where they go in an clip the achiles tendon - but Malories had really good dorsiflexion in her foot and so she was able to go straight to her Ponseti Shoes and bar which she will need to wear full time for 3 months and then she will only need to wear them at bedtime and naptime until she is between 5 - 7 years old (this prevents any type of relapse) So by the time she is 4 1/2 months she will not wear the shoes and bar during the day so it will not interfere with any of her normal development. Malorie has been such a good baby through all of this. She is the best baby ever !
and here she is at 1 month old. We will get an updated weight today at the doctor, last week she was 7lbs 13oz and I am sure she be over 8lbs today !!
