Why is nothing ever bloody simple? DD has now been provided with AFOs - just took 3 months of arsing about, thanks. So now we have to find appropriate shoes to fit over these monsters. Why don't they make them as a complete shoe so you don't need additional shoes? Why don't the idiots who provide this see the opportunity and branch out into specialist footwear to go with them? Why can't our physio who sees this all the time just bloody tell us where we can find some appropriate shoes?
For the first week dd was wearing a pair of lace up boots which inhibited her walking because they were soooo big and clumsy. Now she is wearing some softer and lighter shoes which I have cut to shreds with scissors so they will do up. She has recently been sobbing "no more shoes mummy" because she has tried on so many she is as pissed off as I am.
She has quite a wide foot and only lace ups will do, and most of them seem to be stiff on the side exactly where the velcro is. This is staggeringly stupid. It's not like my life isn't difficult enough without having to mess around with silly things like this. Seems like there is often a total lack of common sense from those in the know - just tell us where we can get some shoes which fit around them.
Any thoughts ladies?
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F***ing shoes for F***ing AFOs
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Flocci · 28/05/2007 19:30
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