I'm so sorry to hear that. Before it became a reality in our life I had never really heard of it. Initially they provided my husband with one of those large plastic uncomfortable braces to wear. He hated it. I did some searching around and found the Aider 3 brace on
Amazon. It looks like an ankle wrap and it's made of neoprene. It has a very thin stiff piece that you put your foot on and then you criss cross 2 pieces of the brace over the top of your foot and it works fantastic with regard to supporting the foot so it doesn't flop or drag. When worn with shorts it just looks like you have and ankle support ace wrap on. My husband really likes these. I bought 2 more to have when the original one wears out at the velcro. He's been using it for 10 months and it's still going strong. I recently also discovered the Turbo Med brace. It's quite expensive ($1200) but I filled out a very quick and painless questionnaire on their website about insurance covering it. Three days later they called and said that as soon as the doctor faxed them a script stating that he had foot drop and would benefit from the device they would build his brace and ship it. We had it 8 days later. He loves this brace too. It's a little more "obvious" but it actually allows him to "run". He says it feels great and if he doesn't look at his shoe he feels normal again.