OT: Older Child broke her leg

yesterday. She ran into a parked tractor that had a plow thing on it. Busted up her face pretty good and broke her Tibia. She got casted today and we will get her wheel chair tomorrow. She can't put ANY weight on it for 4 weeks at least.

She also got stitches!

Here's the wound that was disguised as something simple


All wrapped up


Red cast today


Got her EVIL walker with her. We all hate it. She's fallen twice


And I decorated her cast all pretty!

Wow, it doesnt look broken! Poor mum and dad, you'll be running around after her for ages now.

Sorry to hear about your daughter!

SleepyonMagnoliaSt wrote:Got her EVIL walker with her. We all hate it. She's fallen twice

Take a page from the seniors: cut holes in two tennis balls and put them over the rubber feet. You get some traction, but not a total dead stop, when you rest them on the floor, so you can just lean and walk instead of having to pick up the rubber feet with each step.

Actually, I'd look for a "knee walker" for her. It's a walker with wheels and a padded surface she can put her knee on with her foot dangling off the end. There are handle bars and brakes. It's like using a scooter--would be perfect for a kid if you can find one the right size for her.

Here's an example: http://www.crutchalternatives.com/

How cute!

I hope she's coping well!

And at least school's out -- wheelchairs & crutches are a little trickier in the classroom!

Kids bounce back quick though.

Here's my 14 year old daughter's collection:



BTW If anyone you know wants to be a soccer goalie feel free to show them that picture!

jdr999 wrote:Here's my 14 year old daughter's collection:

It's not as bad as that looks though. They usually recast halfway through the healing process so most of those come in pairs!

I know she had at least two breaks in soccer, one on a skateboard, a toe in Judo, and probably another one I can't remember. Some kids are just accident prone!

sawinglogz wrote:Sorry to hear about your daughter!

SleepyonMagnoliaSt wrote:Got her EVIL walker with her. We all hate it. She's fallen twice

Take a page from the seniors: cut holes in two tennis balls and put them over the rubber feet. You get some traction, but not a total dead stop, when you rest them on the floor, so you can just lean and walk instead of having to pick up the rubber feet with each step.

She won't use it anymore. She's terrified of it. It's a muscle tone/coordination issues rather than the foot of the walker issue

Janknitz wrote:Actually, I'd look for a "knee walker" for her. It's a walker with wheels and a padded surface she can put her knee on with her foot dangling off the end. There are handle bars and brakes. It's like using a scooter--would be perfect for a kid if you can find one the right size for her.

Here's an example: http://www.crutchalternatives.com/

Nah. Insurance is going to just buy a wheelchair flat out. Cheaper than renting anything lol

jdr999 wrote:How cute!

I hope she's coping well!

And at least school's out -- wheelchairs & crutches are a little trickier in the classroom!

Kids bounce back quick though.

Here's my 14 year old daughter's collection:



BTW If anyone you know wants to be a soccer goalie feel free to show them that picture!

We didn't save daughter's first cast (broke her arm in 2009) I wish we had! We'll be keeping these casts from her foot! She'll have it recast on August 1st so they can take out her stitches! lol

That is one BLINGED out cast!!!....Lol....Hope she is doing well...

Granddaughter had casts on both legs at the same time....... we had to get her a kids wheelchair to get her around. The doctor also approved a handicap parking pass as she was casted during the winter and we could not get the wheelchair pushed through the ice and snow to the shopping center. She was in the casts for 3 months and then leg braces for 6 years . No fun, but all went well in the end.

My daughter had to go through "serial casting" on her legs because of heel cord contractures. She had knee to toe casts on both legs which were changed every two weeks for about 8 weeks. They were walking casts, but I felt really bad for her until I went to pick her up at school one day and I saw her out on the playground (she didn't see me). All of the sudden she just jumped for joy straight up in the air, casts on both legs. That reassured me that she wasn't suffering too much.

We didn't get a handicapped sticker or anything. It was a wet, rainy winter and I had to wrap her legs up in garbage bags and carry her and her backpack a block or two from where I could park to her classroom every morning. What a pain!

She also wore leg braces for several years after, night and day.

When she was in the casts, everyone wanted to know why, but she didn't necessarily want everyone to know. So we came up with a story. When people asked, we'd say with as much sincerity as we could muster "Can you believe they would let a 4 year old skydive?" The looks on people's faces were priceless as it dawned on them what we were saying.

My husband made up a story for the leg braces, too. It was "She left the rest of her Storm Trooper costume at home." Fewer people asked about those, though.

Janknitz wrote:My daughter had to go through "serial casting" on her legs because of heel cord contractures. She had knee to toe casts on both legs which were changed every two weeks for about 8 weeks. They were walking casts, but I felt really bad for her until I went to pick her up at school one day and I saw her out on the playground (she didn't see me). All of the sudden she just jumped for joy straight up in the air, casts on both legs. That reassured me that she wasn't suffering too much.

We didn't get a handicapped sticker or anything. It was a wet, rainy winter and I had to wrap her legs up in garbage bags and carry her and her backpack a block or two from where I could park to her classroom every morning. What a pain!

She also wore leg braces for several years after, night and day.

When she was in the casts, everyone wanted to know why, but she didn't necessarily want everyone to know. So we came up with a story. When people asked, we'd say with as much sincerity as we could muster "Can you believe they would let a 4 year old skydive?" The looks on people's faces were priceless as it dawned on them what we were saying.

My husband made up a story for the leg braces, too. It was "She left the rest of her Storm Trooper costume at home." Fewer people asked about those, though.

Yup Jan, exactly the same thing with granddaughter . The best one she did was when she was playing soccer (yes with braces on her legs) some little boy got mad at her and kicked her in the back of leg, she just turned around, looked him in the eye and said "next time you'll think twice about kicking a girl". The boy was screaming with paid and ended up with a broken toe for his efforts . When people would stare at her she would say," better look out your eyes are bugging out of their sockets" . She once told a lady in the check-out line that " her Mom ran over her with the car" ...... Brat!!!!

SleepyonMagnoliaSt wrote: Got her EVIL walker with her. We all hate it. She's fallen twice

I just got that exact same shoe rack at Big Lots (for my closet).
I just needed one.
But, my wife got a black one (that was all they had left) for her side of the closet. When she got it home, she said black went better with the other 3 shoe racks she has. I guess that is why her side of the closet is twice the size of my side. Can anybody say Emelda Marcos?

Janknitz wrote:My daughter had to go through "serial casting" on her legs because of heel cord contractures. She had knee to toe casts on both legs which were changed every two weeks for about 8 weeks. They were walking casts, but I felt really bad for her until I went to pick her up at school one day and I saw her out on the playground (she didn't see me). All of the sudden she just jumped for joy straight up in the air, casts on both legs. That reassured me that she wasn't suffering too much.

We didn't get a handicapped sticker or anything. It was a wet, rainy winter and I had to wrap her legs up in garbage bags and carry her and her backpack a block or two from where I could park to her classroom every morning. What a pain!

She also wore leg braces for several years after, night and day.

When she was in the casts, everyone wanted to know why, but she didn't necessarily want everyone to know. So we came up with a story. When people asked, we'd say with as much sincerity as we could muster "Can you believe they would let a 4 year old skydive?" The looks on people's faces were priceless as it dawned on them what we were saying.

My husband made up a story for the leg braces, too. It was "She left the rest of her Storm Trooper costume at home." Fewer people asked about those, though.

This same kid went through AFOs too. She had them for 2 years because of low muscle tone and being flat footed. She walked only on the inside of her foot

Here's photos from her old AFO days




We did save those though LOL

Here's her today! Thanks to family. My aunt loaned us this walker with a seat and now the kid is MOBILE!


I wish I could carry her it would make things easier. I have Degenerative Disk Disease