So for the backstory, Lindsay has always had flat feet and a significant amount of pain. I've taken her to several podiatrist and she's had several sets of orthotics to try to help her poor little feet to no avail. When she started marching band the pain because unbearable and on many game days she had such severe pain that she couldn't even walk to the car without tears. We felt so bad for her but didn't fully comprehend the issue with her feet.
On August 29th the pain became unbearable and I ended up taking her to the ER because I though that maybe she had a stress fracture from marching band. They did X-rays and of course they were normal and the doctor suggested that we follow up with a podiatrist. At that point I started researching surgeries for flat feet. This was just becoming something that we could no longer ignore. I took her to another podiatrist that came highly recommended but we ended up not caring much for him so I struck out on my own accord and tried Dr. Roman Burke. He is such a nice man and as I was asking him about a specific surgical option he said the words we've waited so long to hear, "I think I know what's going on here".
He made the clinical diagnosis of a tarsal coalition and send us for an MRI. We expected a calcanoenavicular coalition (best case scenario) but she ended up with a diagnosis of having a coalition at the middle facet of the talealcalcanal joint (less than ideal scenario).
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There are two options to correct such a defect - leave it be or resect the coalition. We obviously chose option #2 and are really hoping for the best possible result. He scheduled her for surgery on December 18th to resect the coalition
and then to place a hyprocure implant to correct the flat foot deformity.
After speaking with several radiologists about the situation and the type of surgery that would be performed and after much prayer and reflection on the matter we were very prompted to choose a different surgeon. The pieces all fell together in miraculous fashion and we were able to get her in to see Dr. Jason Robison who is a pediatric orthopedist. When we met with him he agreed that we had two options but his surgical approach was different. He wanted to resect the coalition, lengthen the neck of the calcaneous and release her gastroc tendon to help allow her foot to sit in a more normal position.
He was also able to schedule her surgery for December 18th and things went very well. Her post-op pain was minimal and the popliteal block and saphenous block both worked very well. She was pain free for the first 23-1/2 hours. She said the worst part of the whole experience was having to vomit in recovery. It was gross and embarrassing she said.
So next week we will get our first glimpses as to what actually happened under that pretty purple cast. I'm hoping to see a more normal looking foot and most importantly a more functional foot that she will be able to use properly with significantly less pain. We are hopeful that this will be the one and only surgery that she'll have to go thru and that Dr. Robison will have adequately earned that pay check ;) and have worked a miracle on her foot. She wants to be able to continue in marching band - who would have thought - and we are guardedly optimistic about the prospect!
After speaking with several radiologists about the situation and the type of surgery that would be performed and after much prayer and reflection on the matter we were very prompted to choose a different surgeon. The pieces all fell together in miraculous fashion and we were able to get her in to see Dr. Jason Robison who is a pediatric orthopedist. When we met with him he agreed that we had two options but his surgical approach was different. He wanted to resect the coalition, lengthen the neck of the calcaneous and release her gastroc tendon to help allow her foot to sit in a more normal position.
He was also able to schedule her surgery for December 18th and things went very well. Her post-op pain was minimal and the popliteal block and saphenous block both worked very well. She was pain free for the first 23-1/2 hours. She said the worst part of the whole experience was having to vomit in recovery. It was gross and embarrassing she said.
So next week we will get our first glimpses as to what actually happened under that pretty purple cast. I'm hoping to see a more normal looking foot and most importantly a more functional foot that she will be able to use properly with significantly less pain. We are hopeful that this will be the one and only surgery that she'll have to go thru and that Dr. Robison will have adequately earned that pay check ;) and have worked a miracle on her foot. She wants to be able to continue in marching band - who would have thought - and we are guardedly optimistic about the prospect!
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