About Me
I created this blog 3 1/2 months after our 4-year old son broke his leg when I realized that the weekend of Memorial Day, I had a lot of hits on my regular blog and it was all people looking up information about spica casts.
While the downside to that is, it probably means a lot of children broke a leg that weekend, hopefully the upside is I now have a blog specific to posts about our experience with a broken leg, a spica cast, and what we learned in the days and weeks following “the great spica cast adventure” as I tend to call it.
Nearly all of this will be a repeat of my regular blog, but it will be devoted specifically posts that I made regarding this one topic (my regular blog talks about running, flowers, and whatever else I feel like that day).
October 21, 2008 at 3:30 am |
Thank you for posting your story. We are in week 4 of our nightmare. He is having horrible muscle spasms at night. They suspect electrlite imbalance is causing the spasms. The electrolite imbalance was caused by the enimas he had after getting impacted. He got impacted because of the pain meds. When his stomach distended from constipation, the cast was too tight & caused his intestines to shut down. They had to cut it off & recast him. His neck was out from the casting table & we had to take him to a chiropractor because he was in severe pain in his neck, but one adjustment & it was totally resolved. So we are still dealing with GI problems & he has to take laxitives to go & still has horrible muscle spasms. We get 4 week xrays tomorrow. Dr says if he sees enough new bone he will remove it at 4 weeks. He is 3 & his break isn’t as severe as your 4 year old’s was, so we are hoping for the best. He has both legs completely cast to the toes. We can’t deal with 2 more weeks of this. We are really at the end of our rope with the stress & all his suffering. Did I mention we have a baby who is 3 months old!
April 14, 2009 at 7:20 pm |
Thank you so much for your blog. My son broke his femur, at daycare, on February 19, 2009. Our stories seem so similar. We had a similar accident day from the day care all the way to the ride to the children’s hospital. I am in Williamsburg, VA and we rode an hour to CHKD in Norfolk. I really appreciate you taking the time to write all of the information on the day of the cast removal and what could happen. My son’s cast comes off on April 20 – 8 weeks and 4 days after the break. We will be bringing the wagon and pull ups. I already have aquaphor and will be getting some bubble bath. Again THANK YOU!
July 26, 2009 at 12:52 am |
Hello,i founded your site when I was researching about kids with broken femurs.On the 24th of Jun.’09 my son,Nolan (33 months),fell off his bunk bed while playing with his brother and his cousin,I lefted them alone for 2 minutes to fix a corner of the computer desk so they wont bump their heads on it….then i heard the most horrible sound i’ve ever heard and found him laying on top of the bottom rail,as soon as i picked him up i saw a lump on his right thigh and felt the bone.he was brought to the E.R. for x-rays and it was broken at the midshaft.After he was put in a spica cast..we followed up with an Ortho. and the doctor told us he needed traction to realigne his bone for a better angle(the angulation was at 25-30 degrees)…the method is horrible..he would not be able to move while they put weights to stretch the bone,using a screw the size of a pencil put in above the knee.My wife and I was horrified to even think of the pain he has to go through and that we cant hold him for 2 weeks!!! We instead, wanted a second opinion and thank GOD we did!!!Our other Ortho.(one of the top ortho. in the midwest)said nothing about realigment. We are so happy he doesnt need that surgery!!The point im trying to make is that maybe you should post this on your site so parents can make the decisions with other doctors opinions.Anyways, I just wanted to let you know that you guys are wonderful parents,and your kids are beautiful!!! I know your site has helped alot of parents dealing with the same horrible ordeal.Can you please tell me how your son is doing now and if he has any shortening or lenghting of his injuried leg or any other complications now?Im just so worry that he will walk with a limp or other complications.
August 10, 2009 at 5:28 pm |
Barbara,
Thank you so much for your blog! My 3 1/2 year old son just got out of his spica cast today, and I thought of you, your son and your blog every day through this. I really knew what to expect from what you shared, and so you relieved SO much anxiety for me.
Thanks again, and hope all is well for all y’all!
Sherrill