Tag Archives: clubfeet

Best Case Scenario

Well after speaking with Dr Fluffy Unicorn’s nurse yesterday we decided that Sporty should be seen asap especially since Dr Fluffy Unicorn will be out next week. Sporty has been in so much pain, we all had an “I hate … Continue reading

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Choices

I’m trying to teach Sporty to listen to her body. To know her limits. When we found out about her clubfeet we vowed to never let it be an excuse for her so it never has been. But with surgery … Continue reading

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With Pain Comes Compassion

There are many things I can say about Young Jedi.  He’s a tough kid, like a really tough kid.  I lose sleep over him.  I cry myself to sleep on his really bad days over him.  He’s explosive, he’s temperamental, … Continue reading

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Complications

This is a photo I just took running to Sporty’s school, a bottle of children’s ibuprofen where my coffee normally goes. Last night I noticed her limping and running awkwardly while she was out playing with neighbors. I figured she … Continue reading

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The Treatment

It seems like I’m jumping around a bunch, but it’s for now as I catch up on the last 8 years of life with clubfoot and also how we’re living with it today. We chose to treat Sporty non-surgically, with … Continue reading

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Play Ball

We had quite the busy week last week.  It started with Young Jedi having tee ball practice on Monday, followed by Sporty’s soccer clinic on Tuesday, Sporty’s first softball game on Wednesday and then softball practice for Sporty on Thursday. … Continue reading

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Memory Monday

I came across this gem on my Timehop this morning.  Crazy to think that Sporty’s first surgery was 8 years ago (and look how small she is, I’m guesing she’s still around 6lbs here!).  It’s funny how I remember so … Continue reading

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The Selection Process

You’ll soon learn from us that with every event there is a process, a good story that goes along with us, a shenanigan.  There’s the time my husband asked the on-call pediatrician that was assigned to our son after his … Continue reading

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The Beginning

We found out when I was about 21 weeks pregnant with Sporty that she would have clubfeet.  I actually remember it like yesterday, even though it was over 8 1/2 years ago.  I knew something was wrong when the perinatologist … Continue reading

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The Inspiration

Here’s the photo that was the catalyst to this blog. Keep in mind these are just a fraction of her casts that she’s had. We didn’t keep her casts from infancy (with the exception of her first surgery cast which … Continue reading

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