Denmark or Iowa

On Monday this week we were lucky enough to be able to organise a visit to Hvidovre hospital to meet the doctor there who specializes in treating club feet. She was very kind to meet us as until we actually have a baby in our arms with feet pointing in the wrong direction, officially there is no patient and hence no reason to see a doctor.

We had the chance to watch them putting the last cast on two babies feet and see how the process works first hand and it was nice to see that the babies feet actually looked normal although when you pushed the heel, you could feel that there was no bone there, it was further u the leg. Both of the babies were scheduled to have their achilles tendons cut a little to lengthen them the following week before their final casting and then some time in a brace.

Having met the doctor and both hearing and seeing how the process works, we were left with something of a dilemma: Assuming that everything else works out as planned, should we still go to Iowa for treatment with Dr Ponseti or should we stay in Denmark and see if they can sort it out here?

The doctor said that she is happy to provide all the follow up treatment that we may need regardless of where the original treatment is done so that is not a worry.

This is truly a difficult decision, but in the end I think we are probably going to go to Iowa. When you are fortunate enough to be able to get the best treatment possible for your kids but you chose not to do it for whatever reason, there is a risk that at some point you will end up regretting it. That is something that I don't want to have to feel bad about for years to come.

Iowa last week...