The Boot
My parents came to town and Sonya was very excited. I did not, however, anticipate a call at work telling me they were off to the urgent care center. I closed up shop and sped there as quick as I could. Sonya was dispatched after a physical exam revealed nothing. She apparently ran around the house in joy and tripped into or over the ottoman. Somehow her foot turned a wrong way and she refused to walk on her left foot.
The next day, after hours of Sonya crawling around, I took her to her primary pediatrician's office. I called ahead to make sure they performed X-rays. The neighboring office did, I was told. The physical examination again revealed nothing, but when the doctor asked Sonya to walk on her left foot she cried. He immediately picked her up and told me to take her to a specialist. He told me that children do not lie about pain.
Sonya and I set out on a journey to UNC and I eventually located the outpatient specialist. They took several X-rays from different angles. The doctor took a long time to review them because she conferred with a pediatric specialist when there was nothing evident. She told me younger people have stronger bones, less apt to fracture the way mine would, and Sonya's bones will also heal significantly quicker than mine.They scheduled a follow-up appointment and decided to treat her as if she had a hairline fracture. A short while later Sonya received an orthopedic boot for walking and we even took a detour to the business school so she could see where I spend my time.
The boot looks great. It fits very well and looks to function nicely. Sonya cannot be convinced of that and refuses to walk on her left foot days later. I've given her treats to get her to try walking and she can definitely move around without horrible pain, but she stumbled once and is afraid of aggravating the injury. She told me her foot feels hard, which we interpret to mean inflammation. This leaves me carrying around a four year old, who is wearing a boot designed to allow her to walk, while our eleven month old walks around after us. It makes quite an image.
Our fingers are crossed that she picks up before Thursday and gets on her feet again. She's been told we cannot carry her around after my parents leave and we will get her healed. It better happen soon too, because her first day of pre-K starts in a week.
The next day, after hours of Sonya crawling around, I took her to her primary pediatrician's office. I called ahead to make sure they performed X-rays. The neighboring office did, I was told. The physical examination again revealed nothing, but when the doctor asked Sonya to walk on her left foot she cried. He immediately picked her up and told me to take her to a specialist. He told me that children do not lie about pain.
Sonya and I set out on a journey to UNC and I eventually located the outpatient specialist. They took several X-rays from different angles. The doctor took a long time to review them because she conferred with a pediatric specialist when there was nothing evident. She told me younger people have stronger bones, less apt to fracture the way mine would, and Sonya's bones will also heal significantly quicker than mine.They scheduled a follow-up appointment and decided to treat her as if she had a hairline fracture. A short while later Sonya received an orthopedic boot for walking and we even took a detour to the business school so she could see where I spend my time.
The boot looks great. It fits very well and looks to function nicely. Sonya cannot be convinced of that and refuses to walk on her left foot days later. I've given her treats to get her to try walking and she can definitely move around without horrible pain, but she stumbled once and is afraid of aggravating the injury. She told me her foot feels hard, which we interpret to mean inflammation. This leaves me carrying around a four year old, who is wearing a boot designed to allow her to walk, while our eleven month old walks around after us. It makes quite an image.
Our fingers are crossed that she picks up before Thursday and gets on her feet again. She's been told we cannot carry her around after my parents leave and we will get her healed. It better happen soon too, because her first day of pre-K starts in a week.
respond or e-mail this post:
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home