Hi Chester,

              Getting the AFO on wasn't a problem - it was finding shoes for
her to wear then - Amber ended up with two pairs of shoes one needed to be 2
sizes larger to accomodate the AFO.

                                    Trisha

> Their not that bad.  It helps me to walk and eliminates pain in my foot
> and ankle.  I even were a Total Contact Boot to bed.  The TCB holds my
> foot at a right angle and stops night spasms and pain so I can sleep
> better.  So, AFO's are not really that bad in my opinion.  It's just
> getting it on that is a problem.  But I just put it into the shoe/sneaker
> first and then put everything on together.  What do the rest of you do, or
> what do the parents of kids do to get the AFO on?
>
>
> Chester Worwa
>
>
> On Fri, 4 Feb 2000, Betty Alfred wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 02/03/2000 9:30:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> > [log in to unmask] writes:
> >
> > << Thought AFO stood for Ankle-foot-orthotic ! What do I know?? (I got
kicked
> >  out of OT school....I did actually...got a C in neuroanatomy!)
> >   >>
> > I think it does, but I wasn't going to pass up the play-on-words
opportunity.
> >  It doesn't matter what they're really called anyway -- we all hate 'em.
> >
> > Betty (Astro's person)
> >
> > I tawt I taw a puddy tat.  I DID, I DID!
> >
> > Astro (Betty's cockatiel)
> >