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by joanne
(new zealand)
Hi, my 12 yr. old had surgery 9 months ago for his flat feet, few hours after surgery I first noticed his right leg shaking and spasms, its not as bad now, but because the surgery had not healed the way the doctor expected my son was recast for another 6 weeks which all up it was 12 weeks in a cast. Half way through the second casting I noticed his right leg was flicking backwards which led to a swelling were the cast was taken off and he was put on antibiotics in Hospital for a couple days then recast. Eventually the cast come off and he was then and still is now in a moon boot their was no physico therapist consultation as what we to do. I was going to my local GP as my sons leg and now hip are rotating where his right leg now stays up. He cant walk unless he has crutches and when we go out he has the wheelchair as he gets tired hoping on one leg. His right foot toes are still numb and they curl under his feet. He can stand on his right foot for a couple seconds with a lot of effort but the leg springs back. THROUGHOUT MY GP has given us diazepam and norflex which I stopped giving. My son recently had a Gate analysis an assessment and they believe he has Dystonia in his right leg. Prior to the flat feet surgery he was playing sports, climbing you name it an active boy and now he's limited to what he use to do, HES JUST STARTED ON Gabapentin. I have been trying to research information that would help me because I don't
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