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Waiting for the phone to ring....

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:33:41 GMT

My husband is, as I type, sat in the casualty department of our local A&E with our 13 year old daughter waiting for her to have an x ray to see if she has broken her wrist.... :(

We're due to go skiing on SATURDAY NIGHT.

Luckily only a small hospital, as I doubt even if not broken, she'd be out by Saturday.

So fingers crossed for a sprain.

Dids :cry:

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 14:35:49 GMT

Will keep my fingers crossed for you..........nightmare

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:26:13 GMT

Thanks Rose.
Sorted. Bad sprain. Ski with caution. Phew!

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:26:50 GMT

Happy days!! I know there are a lot of arguments against wrist guards and wouldn't usually recommend but in this situation could they be useful?

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:28:46 GMT

Second vote for a wrist guard, this will take many weeks to heal, and needs some support. Nightmare :shock:

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:34:51 GMT

Phew!!! Close shave that one :shock:

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 15:58:02 GMT

Dids,
How awful! You'd better wrap the entire family up in cotton wool until Saturday. But at least your daughter should be able to ski, with care.

Ally

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 16:04:42 GMT

AllyG wrote:Dids,
How awful! You'd better wrap the entire family up in cotton wool until Saturday. But at least your daughter should be able to ski, with care.

Ally

Just send them to the grandparents for the week as a punishment :wink:

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 17:35:34 GMT

Thanks everyone, I am in a dilemma.
She is clearly in pain, but of course I don't know how quickly it will heal.
Nurses were aware she going skiing and said she will know her limits.
She is not a beginner, so falling is less of a problem in she can stay on her feet!

My Mum is a possibility, she has to stay home anyway as her (71 year old) partner came off a lift in La Plagne last week and broke his ankle.
He's in for an op tomorrow

I think a wrist guard is something to think about.
I'll see how she is tomorrow.
It was so close to a break that a 2nd opinion was given at the larger casualty.

Oh Damn. Damn. Damn.

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 17:43:22 GMT

Good news its not broken, but a sprain is a fob off excuse by the hospital for another kid of injury that they usually cant be bothered to diagnose or treat. It could be a partial dislocation or a ligament tear or strain, either of which can be very painful and requiring physio to correct.
Every time she bends or turns that wrist its going to be agony, especially if she goes over on it for instance.
I'd be getting an urgent appointment with a private physio tonight if it were me to properly assess the injury and take advice, as she may damage it further skiing next week.
I dont want to sound like doom and gloom, but surely her welfare is the big issue here?

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 17:43:34 GMT

I'm pleased for you and your daughter that it's not a break. If she's anything like my boys, the pain will suddenly subside once she's on her ski's. Strap it up well and plenty of painkillers should do the trick. :wink:

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 17:47:13 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Good news its not broken, but a sprain is a fob off excuse by the hospital for another kid of injury that they usually cant be bothered to diagnose or treat. It could be a partial dislocation or a ligament tear or strain, either of which can be very painful and requiring physio to correct.
Every time she bends or turns that wrist its going to be agony, especially if she goes over on it for instance.
I'd be getting an urgent appointment with a private physio tonight if it were me to properly assess the injury and take advice, as she may damage it further skiing next week.
I dont want to sound like doom and gloom, but surely her welfare is the big issue here?

You're right, her welfare is the issue. Not my selfish desire to ski once this season!!! :cry:

I'm still thinking.....

:shock:

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 17:47:17 GMT

I'd say sleep on it. It'll be much clearer in the morning.
Good vibes your way............. :thumbup:

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 17:51:53 GMT

Of course it's sore right now, but get some painkillers into her and she'll be fine. Neurofen 3x a day and calpol 4x a day and she'll be grand. Wear the wrist guard and go have FUN !!! (Maybe let your insurance co. know before you travel)

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 18:04:50 GMT

aw bless her, i hope she makes it, i am sure after a good night's sleep she will feel much better good luck x

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 18:12:33 GMT

While I curse about having to sort out medical bills and insurance in the US, It is nice to be able to go and see an orthopedic specialist who skis and understands what you are asking (tomorrow, not in three months time). My GP is even in my race league :lol:

Did the hospital not supply a brace ?

If it were me in that situation and much depends on how keen your daughter is, I would take her, but.... I would fork out for a very solid wrist brace, not a support or wrist guard, and a pair of mittens, not gloves. Might even be tempted to tape the fingers and thumb folded, as they would be more vulnerable to breaking, with the wrist guard holding the hand and arm rigidly. And of course, no ski poles.

Even if she doesn't ski while there, the wrist brace will give confidence to get out and have fun.

Tony may well be right though, and that's when access to an expert is a Gods send.

Trencher

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 19:01:41 GMT

Kids unlike us oldies heal very quickly, just have a plan b, there always seems plenty of kids clubs that you may be able to get her into if she is in too much pain, have a chat with the local tourist board :wink:

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 20:15:15 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:Kids unlike us oldies heal very quickly,

I am afraid thats where far too many people go wrong. Yes, old bones heal slower, but not correcting "minor" injuries or making kids play on with "slight knocks" in football has seen far too many of my mates and their kids as well end up with all sorts of irregularities. We take minor injuries far too lightly, and dont look after our bodies well enough when they need recovery time.

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 20:28:31 GMT

Good God people! The child has hurt her wrist!!!!!!!! :| Lets not make a 'minor injury' into a major issue!!!
I played Rugby for over 20 years and cant remember going onto a park 100% fit.

I think there was something in the media today about 'cotton wool kids'?!!!

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 20:29:41 GMT

(Although I also hate children being called baby goats!!!!) :evil:

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 22:16:05 GMT

Tony_H wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:Kids unlike us oldies heal very quickly,

I am afraid thats where far too many people go wrong. Yes, old bones heal slower, but not correcting "minor" injuries or making kids play on with "slight knocks" in football has seen far too many of my mates and their kids as well end up with all sorts of irregularities. We take minor injuries far too lightly, and dont look after our bodies well enough when they need recovery time.

My statement was that children heal quicker than us oldies, which although not being a medical man I think you will find is fact, the decision if fit to ski lays with the child and parent and maybe the doctor who will also advise, I have included my full quote so the abbreviated one can be seen in full context as it was intended.

Kids unlike us oldies heal very quickly, just have a plan b, there always seems plenty of kids clubs that you may be able to get her into if she is in too much pain, have a chat with the local tourist board

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Fri, 3 Apr 2009 07:39:59 GMT

Dids,
How's your daughter this morning? Is her wrist any better?

The only small piece of advice I have, from experience, is that sometimes fractures with young children and teenagers don't show up straight away on an X-ray. So, maybe if there's no improvement you could consider taking her back for another X-ray. I would think they'd put it in a cast then.

I broke my own shoulder about 5 years ago on the dry ski slope, and everyone assured me that it wasn't broken - the first aid guy on the slopes, the triage nurse at the hospital, and the doctor on duty in Casualty (even after he'd seen the X-ray). But I insisted that it was very important that I knew for sure because I was due to go on a ski-ing holiday in 2 weeks and I didn't want to make it worse. Anyway, then they very kindly sent the X-ray up to the consultant who was on duty overnight sleeping in the hospital (it was 8 O'clock in the morning when I went in -but I'd been ski-ing the day before), and he could see the break.

And my daughter broke her arm when she was 7 years old, simply by tripping and falling on the carpet, and her break didn't show up on the X-ray, but the Casualty doctor said that from the clinical appearance of her arm she was sure it was broken. And I should think it was. It took 6 weeks to heal and then she had about 6 weeks of physio on it, and it's been absolutely fine ever since.

I am very grateful to both these doctors that correctly diagnosed our breaks. My shoulder is fine now as well, although it took an awful lot of physio to get it right, after the break healed.

Wishing you and yours all the best,

Ally

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Fri, 3 Apr 2009 09:05:05 GMT

My daughter hurt her shoulder playing hockey in January. She went to casualty, they x rayed it, nothing showed up, but they told her she had fractured it, couldnt do anything but provide a sling. I sent her back the following week as she was in agony and was concerned about their being no visible fracture, she saw a new consultant who said there was no way in the world it was fractured, and that she had actually dislocated it and somehow popped it nearly all the way back in, thus meaning she had damaged all the ligaments around it. He also said it was idiotic to diagnose a fracture without any physical evidence.
Thats why you should go and see an expert!!!

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Fri, 3 Apr 2009 12:59:13 GMT

Hi dids

I hope your daughter is better this morning.

Just a couple of things I have thought about that you may need to take into consideration.

Have you informed your insurance company of the incident. It may not make a different to the cost of the insurance but if you dont declare and god forbid she hurts it further by falling or something, it could be treat as a pre exsisting condition that you did not declare.

Also I know you say she is a good skiier and doesnt fall over much but if you are going somewhere that has a lot of drag lifts, the constant pull on her wrist to grab them could hurt it further.

I hope you have a great time

Karen

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Fri, 3 Apr 2009 16:45:28 GMT

Brucie wrote:Good God people! The child has hurt her wrist!!!!!!!! :| Lets not make a 'minor injury' into a major issue!!!
I played Rugby for over 20 years and cant remember going onto a park 100% fit.

I think there was something in the media today about 'cotton wool kids'?!!!

Thats exacttly the kind of reaction I was worried about.

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Tue, 7 Apr 2009 18:03:46 GMT

*** ring ring ***

- Hello? Hi. Yes, good. Did he? Excellent.....erm, that was last week so I don't know...ok. No problem see you then.

***clunk***

"Who was that darling?"

- Wrong number.

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:14:14 GMT

Well, we went, she skied with a wrist support and was fine.
Just a bit of pain when she had to pole, but all in all - fine.

Thanks for the messages which I didn't have time to respond to before we went.
I took heed of them - including not wrapping her in cotton wool.
Certainly not something I could ever be accused of!

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:07:16 GMT

Dids1 wrote:Well, we went, she skied with a wrist support and was fine.
Just a bit of pain when she had to pole, but all in all - fine.

Thanks for the messages which I didn't have time to respond to before we went.
I took heed of them - including not wrapping her in cotton wool.
Certainly not something I could ever be accused of!

I'm pleased everything was ok :wink:

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:13:27 GMT

Dids1 wrote:Well, we went, she skied with a wrist support and was fine.
Just a bit of pain when she had to pole, but all in all - fine.

Thanks for the messages which I didn't have time to respond to before we went.
I took heed of them - including not wrapping her in cotton wool.
Certainly not something I could ever be accused of!

Good to hear she's fine and the holiday went ahead for all of you. :D

Re:Waiting for the phone to ring....

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 07:31:29 GMT

That's great news Dids, I was wondering how you all got on,

Ally