General @ Thursday October 20, 2005 11:14 am by WunderKraut

Update On Madi

I have been asked recently how Madi (aka WunderKid3) is doing in regards to her foot, so I thought I would update everyone.

For those of you who do not know, Madi was born with a clubbed left foot. For a complete history of her progress as posted on this blog, begin here. The picture below shows how much it was turned. If you stood her up, she would have stood on her left ankle and you could see the bottom of her foot.



They put a cast on her when she was a day old.



Then she had to endure months and months of repeated casting



After the casting came a surgery to lengthen her Achilles tendon. Once she was out of the cast from the surgery, she had to wear the dreaded bar shoes, 23 hours a day for 3 months.



Now she is walking and only has to wear the shoes at night. Not only is she walking, she is running and to watch her, you would never know that the day she was born I was worried if she would ever walk. I took a little video of her last night to show everyone how well she is walking now.

Click here for the video.

We have been so blessed that the Shriners have been treating her. WunderWife has to take her back down to Tampa in two weeks, but it is down to only having to go every 2 to 3 months. They do great work and if you get the chance, support the Shriners.

7 Responses to “Update On Madi”

  1. on 20 Oct 2005 at 12:09 pm   Cullen

    It’s amazing. You’d never know it now. Without the photographic evidence it’s hard to imagine.

  2. on 20 Oct 2005 at 12:42 pm   Nightfly

    Wow, that’s great news. God bless you guys.

  3. on 20 Oct 2005 at 12:57 pm   WunderKraut

    It is amazing.

  4. on 20 Oct 2005 at 2:23 pm   Rob

    She sure is a cutie bud.

    Good work.

  5. on 19 Dec 2005 at 3:52 pm   WunderKraut.com » 2005. A Year In Review

    [...] Madi (aka WunderKid 3) taking her first steps. This was especially important and meaningful because she was born with a clubbed foot. Further updates here. [...]

  6. on 29 Dec 2005 at 2:19 pm   Adrian Crisp

    Happened onto the link and saw the story about Madi’s foot. My son was also born this way. Casts, boots, surgery, worry. He is 31 now, 6 foot 1, still has a slight limp and one side is less developed than the other. Other than the stress of not knowing the future the whole thing was no big deal.

    She will be fine.

    Peace

  7. on 01 Jan 2006 at 3:53 pm   WunderKraut.com » Happy New Year!!!

    [...] Madi (aka WunderKid 3) taking her first steps. This was especially important and meaningful because she was born with a clubbed foot. Further updates here. [...]