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August 2011 Moms
BK33
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crazy story about LO...wanted to share
BK33
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I know I don't post often but I wanted to share this story with fellow mommies because it really threw me for a loop.....
Sunday night at around 11pm LO started limping. He had been fine all day and then all of a sudden he wouldn't put weight on his right leg and every time he tried, he started crying. I immediately took him to the ER at the hospital where he was born. The dr. examined him and had xrays done which he told me were clear. He gave him some motrin and by the time we were sent home, he was running around agian. I was told that he had a limp and that he would be fine. The next morning I took him to his pediatrician because I suspected that he had ear infections and he had a really bad cough. His ped told me that she recieved a notification from the ER that LO had a hair line fracture on his right tibia and that this injury is normally associated with neglect and abuse.........I was shocked.....More so because I had no idea my son was injured and that the hospital never called to tell me he was misdiagnosed. While his dr did not believe that this was a case of abuse, she said that by law there would have to be an investigation. I was so worried because he had spent the weekend with his godparents who are in the process of adopting two small children. Tuesday I took him to see an orthapedic dr who did new xrays of both legs and confirmed the injury. Then he told us that LO would have to be admitted and we could not take him home until the social worker and other drs cleared us! We ended up spending the night in the hospital, LO had to take xrays of his entire body (he HATEDthat) and we had meetings with drs and the social worker. We really have no idea how he got injured. His godparents said he didn't fall when he was with them and after the trip to the ER he was fine. The conclusion was that his injury was caused by an "unwittnessed accident" and he is home now. He is in a cast for three weeks an then he will be all better.
I appreciate the fact that the hospitals and social workers are thorough but that was a little scary for me.
oh and I just recieved a call from the ER doc apologizing for the misdiagnosis. Nobody can explain why I was not contacted when they realized that he was indeed injured.
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Re: crazy story about LO...wanted to share
It's stuff like this that scares the bejeezus out of me. I cannot tell you how many random scratches and bruises my kid currently has. He is a daredevil climber with no fear and DH and I just counting down the days until we end up in the emergency room. Just the other night he face planted unto the ottoman and ended up with a mouthful of blood - while I was literally sitting on the floor playing WITH him!!
Thanks! he is soooooo ok. He never seemed to be in pain after the ER trip so he is pretty much just annoyed with the cast. It's not slowing him down though. I have to keep in confined in the high chair or the play pen just to keep him from running around. We are calling him Tiny Tim! lol
I know.....crazy things happen especially with fearless baby boys. The concern was that this is not an injury that is caused by a fall. They said that somebody would have had to twist his leg. The social worker did suggest taht maybe his leg got caught in between the bars of his crib which is very possible.
Ditto, and while I may not have been the BSC one, I can imagine DH just picking up LO and walking out of the hospital.
I had to talk him down off of the ledge...he was MAD, but leaving would have made it worse. When they decided to admit him, some random hospital staff person showed up and escorted us to registration. I was wondering "why couldn't she just tell us where to go" and then I realized....they didn't want us to RUN
Glad they didn't give you too much trouble.
Not that I know of....I'm in PA and it's pretty cold now so I haven't taken him to the park lately.
I am so glad that your LO is ok. This story scares me... I would have gone BSC... DH is the calm one but he would have gotten worse...
One of the ladies I work with was watching her 14month old daughter who fell of the couch and fractured her arm. Well, when it happened she quit crying pretty quickly so my coworker didn't even tell her daughter!! Her daughter called her the next day about her LO's arm saying she wasn't moving her fingers. LO's mother took her to the ER and she had fractured her arm the day before and her grandma had no idea!!
I'm so sorry with your experience with an investigation. It's shitty and I'm sure you would never do anything to your baby, but the scary part is... There are people that do. So, even though it was a horrible experience that you didn't deserve, they have to do what they're doing. It is such a scary world out there. My bestie worked at Cincinnati Children's and she saw stuff all the time. So sad.
Wow so scary. I am glad everything is at least cleared and hope your LO has a speedy recovery.
Big Hugs
Yup! We got a silve rmarker and all of his cousins signed his cast at dinner tonight.
I am the same way. Such a crazy scary thing to go through!
Glad little BK is in good spirits and the al l the cousins got to sign the cast.