Normalcy is watching your toddler trip and crash hard to the floor.
Stress is realizing he is really hurt this time.
Relief comes after the wet cheeks and flushed, sweaty body calms down.
Stress is deciding if he needs to be seen during the night or if it can wait until morning.
Relief is making a decision to wait because he's already fallen asleep.
Stress is waiting in the ER for three hours Monday morning to get X-ray results back.
Relief is the ER doctor saying he couldn't see a bone break.
Stress is wanting to see a small degree of improvement and seeing nothing.
Stress is people telling you to get it checked again.
Stress is when your toddler still refuses to use his leg at all and whimpers in pain.
Stress is being discharged with no other treatment...don't ice it, don't wrap it, nothing.
Relief is knowing someone else has been through the exact same thing and it all ends up being fine.
So my question for any of you out there is whether or not you have dealt with a broken bone, especially if it was a child or toddler. Have you ever thought your kid broke a bone and they didn't? Or has your kid broken their bone but you were told it was fine?
A few more details: David's leg has never gotten swollen, except slightly tonight. He has no red mark, no bruise, no cut. He hit his tibia (shin). This has nothing to do with his ankle or femur. His leg looks pretty normal on the outside, he just refuses to use it. When we stand him up his leg buckles beneath him. I thought if it was a bone bruise or tissue damage he would wince in pain but he leg would still be capable of bearing weight. But his leg literally won't work for him and sort of flops around. If it is a strained muscle or bone bruise are these the right symptoms. Is everything matching up?
I'd love to receive some feedback about this...
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Oh yikes Kayla!
Give him some time. The MD could not see a break...that is good. Bone bruises hurt so bad.
Kids often times refuse to use something because of pain, not because they are not able to....also, see if he can do crawling games on the floor....he will think it is crazy, but play games with balls pushing them back and forth or trying to knock down plastic cups. this is what they used to do up at primary childrens to keep the legs strong, but not hurting the child.
Good Luck!
Abby
This IS stressful! Easton jumped down my parents stairs a few months ago while they were babysitting and when we got there they said I needed to take him straight to the ER because he wouldn't walk on it. Tyson insisted that we wait it out because kids bones are so soft that they are really hard to break. He wouldn't walk on it for 2-3 days. I never took him in (which I feel bad about, but it was January 1st-deductible!) and he was suddenly just fine! I did ask a chiropractor about it and he said he would be really expressing his pain if it was broken - he would be crying! Anyway, in our situation he was just fine! But it was a stressful few days! Especially because I was in your condition as well:) I still wonder if lugging Easton around forced me into pre-term labor:)
Kayla,
When my nephew was barely one, I was swinging him in his car seat and bonking his feet in to Dan's bum. After about the 50th time, he started the "pain" scream. It took a while for him to calm down. My sister took him to the instacare but because my nephew was acting "better" and the wait was 2+ hours, they went home. The next day he was still refusing to put weight on it and was fussy about it so she took him to the ER. He had what was called a "buckle fracture" and had to have a cast. This type of fracture looks like a "bump" on the bone instead of a break and can be overlooked on an x-ray. The break isn't a complete break; it happens because a baby's bones are "soft" so it bends when compressed and partially breaks (making the bump). I really hope that David is just being "sensitive", but if he keeps acting "not right", this may be something to consider.
ya know, x-rays don't show deep bone bruises, and those are incredibly painful to walk on. he could have one of those?
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