Usually people have great stories about how they broke a bone. Nathan was simply climbing up our back steps and he tripped. He really bashed his shin pretty good so I brought him in to take care of him. I cleaned up his owie, got him bandaid, and then I brought him back outside so he would go back to playing and forget about his scrape. But he just sat and cried. I tried getting him to at least stand up, but he wouldn't bear any weight on his leg. So I took a closer look. He was holding his foot pretty funny and was still very upset. He did not like me touching it. And since he wouldn't put any weight on it, I called our pediatrician who said to bring him into the ED for an x-ray.
We went to Children's and had them take a look. Brad works in the building right next door so he was able to come help his buddy. The doctors were getting a little confused seeing Brad in his scrubs. They thought he was the doctor! Nathan was still quite distressed. They got him in pretty quickly and did an x-ray. Sure enough, Nathan had a fracture on his tibia. They wrapped him up in a splint and sent us home with the instructions that the splint can't get wet and that Nathan shouldn't walk in the splint. Nathan hates water so the first instruction we could manage. As far as the second instruction goes, you try telling a 3 year old autistic boy not to walk. The silly boy would try to walk on our hardwoods, but the splint had no traction so he would slip. He thought it was the funniest thing and made a little game of slipping. We were so worried he would break something else slipping all over the place.
After the holiday weekend we were able to get him in with the bone doctor and get him in a walking boot. He actually loves wearing his boot. I think he really likes the sensation of the compression. He's been really good about wearing it, but he does walk with quite the limp. He'll wear the boot for a couple of weeks and then he'll be good as new.
We went to Children's and had them take a look. Brad works in the building right next door so he was able to come help his buddy. The doctors were getting a little confused seeing Brad in his scrubs. They thought he was the doctor! Nathan was still quite distressed. They got him in pretty quickly and did an x-ray. Sure enough, Nathan had a fracture on his tibia. They wrapped him up in a splint and sent us home with the instructions that the splint can't get wet and that Nathan shouldn't walk in the splint. Nathan hates water so the first instruction we could manage. As far as the second instruction goes, you try telling a 3 year old autistic boy not to walk. The silly boy would try to walk on our hardwoods, but the splint had no traction so he would slip. He thought it was the funniest thing and made a little game of slipping. We were so worried he would break something else slipping all over the place.
After the holiday weekend we were able to get him in with the bone doctor and get him in a walking boot. He actually loves wearing his boot. I think he really likes the sensation of the compression. He's been really good about wearing it, but he does walk with quite the limp. He'll wear the boot for a couple of weeks and then he'll be good as new.
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He's such a little trooper!
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