Personal Narrative: Bilateral Club Shoes

Imagine if you were born with the inability to walk. I was born with bilateral club feet which is caused by the achilles tendon to be too short. My parents were worried that I wouldn’t be able to live a normal life, but thanks to the help from doctors I am. I’ve been able to do everything everyone else does. Bilateral club feet causes the feet to point down and in towards each other which makes it impossible to walk. When I was six days old the doctors put me in casts to help move my feet into a normal position. My parents would bring me to the doctor every week to have them recast me and stretch out my achilles tendon The process was very painful, my mother said that I would scream and cry every time they stretched my feet. Even though it …show more content…
With some patients all doctors have to do is stretch the feet and cast them then they will be able to walk, but sometimes the achilles tendon is just too short and they have to perform surgery. When I was six months old I was brought to a hospital called Shriners in Massachusetts and the hospital performed the surgery on me for free. When the surgery was finished I had to stay in the hospital for nine days while my feet healed. After I left the hospital I still had to wear my casts for another two months. My feet caused me to have a late start to walking. I didn’t start walking until I was eighteen months old. Most children usually start walking when they are about twelve to fourteen months. When I was five years old I started playing soccer. I loved playing soccer a lot and I wasn’t that bad at it either, but soccer was tough on my feet and ankles. After every practice and game my feet hurt a lot and were stiff. I couldn’t move my feet that well either because moving them would cause pain. I also had to stretch them because my achilles tendon would always tighten up after playing soccer. Walking long distances was also hard on my feet. Every summer my parents would take me