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Filipina Teen Takes First Steps Thanks To Bronx Doctor

A 15-year-old girl has taken her first steps after doctors at a Bronx hospital straightened her severely clubbed feet, which were twisted backward and upside down.

The braces on Jingle Luis’ legs were removed Friday, about six weeks after her surgery at Montefiore Medical Center. Wearing casts and medical boots, she carefully walked on her reoriented feet.

The teen says she “can’t believe it” and is excited, but also a little afraid because she doesn’t know exactly what to do. Until the surgery, she used crutches to hobble on the tops of her feet.

Her surgeon, Dr. Terry Amaral, says the next steps are building up Jingle’s strength and stamina, and teaching her to walk.

Jingle lives in the Philippines. She came to New York in April to have the surgery.

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Philippine teen’s upside-down feet surgically treated

In her 15 years, Jingle Luis has never walked on the bottoms of her feet.

Born in the Philippines with feet so clubbed that they twist backward and upside down, she uses crutches to hobble on what should be the tops of her feet.

“I can accept it,” Jingle said Wednesday in a voice so soft it was barely audible.

But Jingle may not have to accept the condition much longer. She and her mother journeyed to Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx for surgery and follow-up treatment that will slowly rotate her feet until she can walk normally.

The surgery took place Thursday and went well, hospital spokesman Steven Osborne said. Read more..

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