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Hopefully I will not be a great big slacker this week and I will make it to all of you wonderful bloggers today not Thursday or Friday and IA and her family will be well enough to allow her a few spare minutes to blog, I know she misses all of you!
Last week I told y'all that Peanut had fallen while running and hurt her wrist, hip and knee.
Her wrist looked nasty, in fact every time I looked at it my tummy felt like I was going down the drop of a roller coaster. I swear the older I get the less "gross" I can handle. Anyway, she fell on Monday, practiced for 2 hours on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday only complaining that it was slightly "stiff". Thursday night she finally admitted that the wrist itself hurt as well as the oozing wound. I pulled her from the field 30 minutes early with little argument, which should have been a huge sign, to have it looked at with full confidence that it was just bruised.
I was wrong.
The doctor on call saw an area on the x-ray that made him "suspicious". He thought that the growth plate appeared fine but feared she had a compression fracture of the wrist.
He was wrong.
Peanut was wrapped up in a hard brace and told not to do anything until seen by an Orthopedic. That meant no playing in the weekends tournament unless I was lucky enough to get her into an Ortho Friday morning and all was well.
Friday morning, still feeling optimistic that she'll be playing the following day.
Sadly, all was not well.
Cast color of choice...Bandit Blue
The Ortho that I she saw is a respected Pediatric Orthopedic surgeon in our area who happened to have a late afternoon appointment available. He said nothing about a compression fracture but instead informed me that Peanut had a minor fracture on her growth plate.
Cast for 2 weeks.
World Series in 17 days.
It could have been worse. It can always be worse!
Honey signed the cast right where it would hit her in the head if she were to "hit herself" with it.
Daddy, Nana, Papa and I were also allowed to sign, her teammates were allowed to put their numbers only on it. She's way to OCD to have it all jacked up.
Yep, I'm a super Mom for thinking all was well and letting her practice for 6 hours with a freaking broken growth plate! I'm working hard for 2012's Mother of the Year Award!
What are you talking about today?
OH, I almost forgot...
Happy birthday Viv, I love ya!
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19 comments:
Quit beating yourself up. This was not your fault. You know how tough she is. She let you know when she couldn't take the pain anymore. Only 2 weeks! That's better than 6!
I love that she only let teammates put their number! That's so funny!
Aww...why didn't I think about doing a birthday wish to Viv (who she shares a bday with Kiss's twins)? Crap. I suck.
awww poor thing. Now I have the whole story-that stinks, but you're right, it could always be worse. 2 weeks isn't bad at all for a fracture! And just in time for the world series.
Lol, I love that she's OCD about her cast. I remember when I broke my arm in 1st grade, I loved having it signed, but I remember hating how messy it was. And that was in 1st grade. :-)
Is it the line in the growth plate??
Do not feel bad. when my youngest was two, she feel from a swing and I didn't know for 2 days she had a broken collar bone!!! UGH!! I knew something was up when she couldn't raise her arm!! Dr said it would okay and she wore an odd type of bandage for a few weeks.
do not feel bad. when I was 7 I fell from the clothes line post and landed on my wrist. It swelled up and I couldn't use it for days. But my mom didn't even think about taking me to the dr!
You are a super mom!
Ouch...My daughter broke her wrist in the same place - SECOND day of sports camp. (She was a bit younger - and chose a neon pink cast). It was rough. I wish her a speedy recovery.
Thanks for hosting and have a great week.
Whenever my kids have a scrape or bad cut, even though i don't feel bad about it, I get this weird full body shudder. I don't understand it but I see what you're saying!
OUCH!!
I hope it heals quickly and she's back in the game soon!
I thought teenagers in particular were invincible or at least this is what mine have always told me. lol I'm glad Peanut's injury isn't any worse, as you said it could've been lots worse than it is. 2-wks will feel like an eternity to her, I know and after she's healed tell her to be extra careful because it no doubt will be more susceptible to re-injury. Thanks for hosting! ^.^
It happens and it could always be worse. She must just have a super high tolerance for pain, unlike me, I am a wuss...
And I love her OCDness, I would totally be the same way, can't have people signing all willy-nilly and jacking up something she will have to look at for 2 weeks. Hope she recovers on schedule.
Kobi was so pissed when she broke her arm and didn't get a cast. (Break was near growth plate near the shoulder) Heck she was pissed I didn't believe her that she broke her arm... I only took her to the after hours clinic for an xray to prove to her it wasn't broken and that she WAS going to school the next day. OOPS!
Glad it's only on for two weeks and she'll be back playin ball in no time!
How were you supposed to know it was fractured? When I fractured my arm, it didn't hurt, it didn't swell, and the doctor had to show me on the x-ray because I didn't believe him. Sometimes these things are just weird. Two weeks will be over before you know it!
When my neighbour's daughter was 2, she tripped in her sand box and the top of her food was swollen & red. Because she was still walking around no problem and not complaining, they figured it was fine. After a week, the swelling hadn't gone down. My grandma was holding her and put her hand on the foot. She said, "This little foot is hot. It's broken." We all kind of laughed it off - it hadn't slowed the kid down one bit! - but her mother took my grandma seriously and went to the hospital. Sure enough - broken. They felt terrible that she'd been strutting around on it for a week.
Definitely don't beat yourself up. It happens.
I hope your girl is able to play ball again soon!!!
Oh no, I hope she heals quickly.
Love her choice of cast color!
Don't feel too bad, as all these lovely commenters above said, there was no way of you knowing this...it seriously could happen to all of us.
I ventured over from another blog (The Testosterone Three & Me) and just had to say Go Gators! I don't often see anyone in Gator gear among my blog travels (I'm from Gainesville, born & raised, bleed orange & blue!).
Anyhoo, I've been there done that with thinking the injury is minor only to find out it was a break. Woops! Hope she heals quickly!
First, can I just tell you that I LOVE that she had conditions she placed on the people signing her cast...? LOVE her.
Second, don't be so hard on yourself! Keeping her off the softball field would be like keeping you from the beach, right? No wonder it took a bit of time for her to admit it really hurt. xoxo
(Thanks for the b-day shout out.)
You never know with kids. You got from over reacting to under reacting because you figure they can talk to you once they get bigger. Broken bones can be sneaky.
Dang, this must be more common than I thought. My step-daughter broke her growth plate in her hand earlier this year doing cheer.
So sad for both of you! Sounds like she has three days to prep for the World Series. I know you will keep us posted. My daughter also had a suspicous xray and ended up having an MRI and having to be totally knocked out. She was 18 months old. It was TERRIBLE. Oh, and she was perfectly fine. It is so tough to judge with kids either way, don't beat yourself up!
i thought of Peanut the other day when on campus and saw the cutest teddy bear dress in Gator outfit.
Give yourself a break. I swear, your orthopedic story is not unique. Athletic kids always seem to tough through things, only to end up with casts. And those growth plate fractures are tricky.
I hope she makes it to the world series. She looked chipper working the grill. She is a good sport. Ellen
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