On Thursday Sophie slip/jumped/fell from a ladder at the playground about 18 inches to the ground and rolled her ankle. By that night, she still would not put weight on it, but it was not really swollen or discolored at all. We iced it and said if it wasn't better the next day we would take her to the doctor.
By the next morning she was about the same so I decided to take her just in case. After a couple x-rays, which Sophie was perfectly cooperative for with me not being able to be next to her because of the baby, we headed back to the room to wait for the dr.
The dr came in and said, well she doesn't have a sprained ankle (me sighing with relief), she continued, she has a broken leg. What?!?!...A broken leg. I was in complete shock. The dr said she had a tibial fracture about two inches up from her ankle and because of where the fracture was Sophie would need to be cast by an orthopedist next week. Next the nurse came in and put a splint on and wrapped Sophie's leg.
That evening we got a call from the dr. office saying that the radiologist had taken a look at the x-ray and did not think it was broken. (Now I was really confused). On Saturday I called back the radiology tech and they confirmed that it was for sure not broken and to go ahead and take off the splint. Basically, see how she does and if she is not getting better, follow up with her primary care on Monday.
I am happy to report that she is getting better. Still hesitant to put all her weight on it, but at least she is using it. It is very sad when she bumps it though because she just bursts into tears again. I think all in all she is on the mend.
1 comments:
Poor Soph, glad it's not broken!
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