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I am currently a\u00a0Miss Scotland 2019 finalist and while I have already been fundraising for my childhood hospital, the Edinburgh Children’s\u00a0Hospital Charity, I have also now been inundated with messages of support from those who have had experience with club-feet. It has really encouraged me to attempt to use this platform bring more awareness to the condition as I see now how important this is for so many families!<\/p>\n
I would love to help inspire children, and the parents of children who are going through similar situations so\u00a0that children with similar conditions see that they can live a normal and active life whilst their parents can see that there is a bright future at the end of a long programme of treatment.
\nI was born with clubfoot (Congenital Talipes Equinovarus) and a substantial leg length discrepancy, the initial prognosis was that I would not walk normally. However, after initial surgery at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, I began treatment at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Edinburgh where their excellent consultants Mr Malcolm Macnicol (now retired) and Mr Alastair Murray (Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon) began a programme of operations and post-operative care that has resulted in me being able to live life to the full.<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Between my first surgery at just 4 months of age and turning 20, I underwent a range of treatments, including:<\/span><\/p>\n – Tendon release operations<\/span><\/p>\n – Repeatedly setting the foot into a corrected position<\/span><\/p>\n – Having a full-leg cast as a baby and toddler (I learnt to walk wearing a full-leg plaster)<\/span><\/p>\n – Wearing splints and orthotic appliances<\/span><\/p>\n – Physiotherapy and strapping to stretch tendons and the joint<\/span><\/p>\n – Removal of growth plates to slow the growth in left leg so that the shorter leg would \u2018catch up\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n – Reconstructive surgery to re-shape lower right leg<\/span><\/p>\n The culmination of all this treatment will be on Saturday the 25th of May when I will run in the Edinburgh Marathon Festival 10k event; I have already raised more than \u00a3700 through sponsorship to support the Children\u2019s Hospital Charity, but would like to focus now on raising more awareness!<\/p>\n I am also hosting a charity event on the evening of 30th May at The Corinthian Club in Glasgow with live music, a raffle, drinks and canap\u00e9s. Proceeds are going to the Glasgow and Edinburgh Children\u2019s Hospital Charities. I am currently a\u00a0Miss Scotland 2019 finalist and while I have already been fundraising for my childhood hospital, the Edinburgh Children’s\u00a0Hospital Charity, I have also now been inundated with messages of support from those who have had experience with club-feet. It has really encouraged me to attempt to use this platform bring more awareness to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_mo_disable_npp":""},"categories":[29,40,41,35],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nI was recently contacted by a family of a baby boy who has clubfoot and my Mum and I were able to visit them to discuss our experiences and talk about the positive outcomes that can be achieved,\u00a0 I\u2019d love to help more people understand the condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"