tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353849329887714181.post7348651200238647079..comments2023-07-08T09:52:20.396-04:00Comments on My This N That Life: My Broken BoyElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07089403708941867296noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353849329887714181.post-87915781457104457322012-07-10T07:58:35.279-04:002012-07-10T07:58:35.279-04:00:) We knew right away...and the normal ER docs DI...:) We knew right away...and the normal ER docs DID see it on the x-ray. (Admittedly, we thought it was his ankle because that's what he kept holding, but it is his upper tibia, spiral fracture.) What frustrated me was that at the normal ER the doctor said that type of fracture is VERY rare in toddlers. So, when we got home I called up my good friend Dr. Google, who told me I was going to be investigated for child abuse! It made me pretty nervous, the next day when his pain was nowhere NEAR under control, to take him to the ER at the children's hospital an hour away. Not to worry, though. They were awesome (as usual) and assured me that this is one of the most common fractures they see in toddlers, and it even has a name! It's a "toddler fracture!" <br /><br />His relief started when we switched to a much stronger pain med. ;-) It took a week after the cast went on before he was ready to really get moving!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07089403708941867296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353849329887714181.post-65737539706496275682012-07-10T00:09:38.556-04:002012-07-10T00:09:38.556-04:00My son broke his leg before he was 2 years old. I...My son broke his leg before he was 2 years old. It went undiagnosed for nearly 3 weeks! We knew he was in pain and we knew something was wrong but x-rays and "normal" ER doctors couldn't see the fracture. Finally he had a bone scan and lo and behold there was a fracture on his tibia. The doctors at the local children's hospital could see the fracture on the multiple x-rays we had done. Live and learn. He was also running on his cast after a little while. He got so much relief just by having the cast on/immobilized. And we were relieved too. Now he's perfectly fine and climbing on everything just like your son. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16113914674312122606noreply@blogger.com