Toddler Fracture
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Topic: Toddler Fracture
Posted By: emeldee
Subject: Toddler Fracture
Date Posted: 30 April 2008 at 1:30pm
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Okay, so Connor's leg is in a cast past his knee - has anyone else got experience with a 'toddler fracture'(that's what the doctor at Starship called it)
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 30 April 2008 at 2:26pm
ohh poor wee boy sorry no adive but lots of hugs for mum and toddler ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 30 April 2008 at 2:31pm
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Awwww poor Connor!! No advice to offer but big hugs to you both!! How did he do it? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 30 April 2008 at 2:32pm
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nope! poor connor! poor you!
good luck..hope someone else is more helpful  ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 30 April 2008 at 2:49pm
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Oh crap! Dare devil kid huh??
GOod luck! |
Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 30 April 2008 at 6:06pm
| Daredevil Connor is right - you would think he did it one of the many times he launched from the couch that he had climbed onto to a moving brother - or perhaps one of the countless climbing expeditions that met an untimely end...but no, as far as we can guess, he most likely broke it while rolling over in bed and getting a foot stuck in the guard rail. |
Posted By: BuzzyBee
Date Posted: 30 April 2008 at 6:48pm
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OMG poor boy - big hugs coming your way!!!
I've always been scared of my son doing the same thing re: getting foot/leg stuck in the bars of his cot, he often wakes up screaming with them twisted in bars ...now I'm going to be even MORE paranoid
Take Care of yourselves  ------------- Single Mum to a darling wee boy of 3 years :) |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 30 April 2008 at 8:22pm
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Does he have it in a walking cast or is he non weight bearing? And is it actually broken or by toddler fracture does he mean greenstick fracture? ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 7:30am
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He's non weight bearing - he's in a plaster cast most of the way up his thigh. I think it's a spiral fracture of the tibia (is that like a greenstick?)
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 8:28am
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Ouch! Greenstick fractures are where the bone doesnt completely break through - one side fractures and the other side bends cos kids bones are more pliable than adults, if that makes sense. I wonder if thats what he meant by toddler fracture... How old is Connor now? Is he still in nappies? Got lots of DVDs?! Good luck, hope he's not in plaster too long. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 10:45am
| And here I was thinking Andrew was the adventurous one! |
Posted By: emeldee
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 11:05am
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Connor's 18 months - and he is the outgoing, domineering, short-tempered one. I think he's decided to try and out-do Andrew who used to hold the household record for adventure related injuries.
Andrew (almost 3) hasn't worked out that Connor isn't as fast or mobile with the cast on - he was on a fire engine ride on toy and went veering into Connor, knocking him on the nose. Connor then growled and lunged at Andrew, biting him on the thigh because he couldn't reach higher. At least time out was easy - I put Connor on the 'thinking mat' and he couldn't move away. Andrew's walking around the house talking about his Connor-dog-bite. Ouch Aimee - that sounds really sore - and makes sense - the doctor said that the fracture would have only hurt if he put weight on his leg, so having it immobilised means that he should be pain free. Still in nappies - and have had a couple of near misses with the rumbly tummy contents trying to escape out the nappy and down the cast - ewwww. |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 11:30am
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Yikes, poor Connor!
What a pain, how long is he in it for? ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: shaz
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 5:09pm
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Alyssa broke her leg (her 11yo sister dropped her)when she was about 4months old so luckily she wasn't moving much yet...but she still managed to kick the cast off 5 times in about 9 days, due to the shape of her leg. They actually didn't put another one on after that as she developed a pressure sore on her heel so it was doing more harm that good. They said that kids heel allot quicker than adults so she was fine.
I guess thats not much help whne your little one is 18mths and probably wanting to run around. Hope his cast isn't on too long and the poor we man doesn't get too bored. ------------- Mum to Natasha Aroha 9/12/1995, Alexandra Makareta Waimarie 22/4/1998 and....Alyssa Frances Hopaea 18/03/2007 
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Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 01 May 2008 at 8:02pm
You're back!!   
(Or have you been back for a while and I'vew been oblivious?  )
I remember my youngest brother getting a green fracture when he was much younger - his arm bowed up in an arc  But, he has an extremely high pain threshhold, so while we were waiting for go to the hospital (don't ask me what we were waiting for - le memory is a bit hazy), he obligingly put his arm on the table so we could drive toy cars through the 'tunnel'  ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |