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2 year old Child Broken Femur Final Update
Posted March 7th, 2010 at 12:24 AM by danny
So my son was taken out of his cast right at 6 weeks. Nov 12th. The cutting off of that cast was pretty traumatic for the little guy. If you haven't had a cast removed it is basically a shop vac type device but at the end is a saw and its probably a little louder.
Now the saw can only cut the fiberglass so there is no danger. But between the noise and vibration it was enough to scare the heck out of him. We were told to give him some tylenol a little before his appointment so we did, maybe it helped.
It was hard to tell from the saw, his legs getting freed for the first time in 6 weeks and the stinch that came from the cast which he was crying over more. One of the first things we did for him was make him a nice warm soapy bath.
He was pretty sore the first few days, but little by little he improved. Within the first few days he started crawling, he would try to stand and then just stay there. After a week moving into the 2nd week he began trying to take a couple steps and then by a full month he was walking albeit like an old man, slow and gingerly.
Here we are almost 4 months after and he is basically back to normal, running and chasing his sister around. Climbing on things he shouldn't be. Falling and playing like any normal 2 and half year old should. Every now and then you can see that he is sore or twist a certain way that he hasn't done and appears to be tight but it's temporary and he moves right on through it.
Looking back on it and how much it affected our lives, especially my wife's. I am in awe of how well she and he handled the entire situation. Being a stay at home mom and having to deal with an older sibling and then a toddler in a spica cast would have been enough for me to scream uncle. But they both charged on and I know it was a long road for both of them, but in my book they came through with flying colors and all of my admiration.
If I had to pick one item that I thought helped most in his recovery it would be maintaining as close to the usual routine as you can. We still loaded him up in a wagon or stroller and went outside. Tried to let him do as much as he could on his own. Towards the end he actually figured out how to crawl on his belly in that hideous cast. He even learned how to stand in it as much as it would allow. We would even let him move outside and in the grass when we were outside. Evidenced by the rotting leaves and grass inside his cast as he was cut out of it.
For how bad of an experience this was while we were going through it. I couldn't be more proud of my son, my daughter and wife for how they handled it and came together to see their way through and persevere.
If you have any thoughts or questions, please feel free to leave them in the comments section. I will respond to them all.
Thanks for reading and I hope if you find yourself in this difficult circumstance, these entries will help you and offer you words of encouragement and hope.
It will get better day by day.
Now the saw can only cut the fiberglass so there is no danger. But between the noise and vibration it was enough to scare the heck out of him. We were told to give him some tylenol a little before his appointment so we did, maybe it helped.
It was hard to tell from the saw, his legs getting freed for the first time in 6 weeks and the stinch that came from the cast which he was crying over more. One of the first things we did for him was make him a nice warm soapy bath.
He was pretty sore the first few days, but little by little he improved. Within the first few days he started crawling, he would try to stand and then just stay there. After a week moving into the 2nd week he began trying to take a couple steps and then by a full month he was walking albeit like an old man, slow and gingerly.
Here we are almost 4 months after and he is basically back to normal, running and chasing his sister around. Climbing on things he shouldn't be. Falling and playing like any normal 2 and half year old should. Every now and then you can see that he is sore or twist a certain way that he hasn't done and appears to be tight but it's temporary and he moves right on through it.
Looking back on it and how much it affected our lives, especially my wife's. I am in awe of how well she and he handled the entire situation. Being a stay at home mom and having to deal with an older sibling and then a toddler in a spica cast would have been enough for me to scream uncle. But they both charged on and I know it was a long road for both of them, but in my book they came through with flying colors and all of my admiration.
If I had to pick one item that I thought helped most in his recovery it would be maintaining as close to the usual routine as you can. We still loaded him up in a wagon or stroller and went outside. Tried to let him do as much as he could on his own. Towards the end he actually figured out how to crawl on his belly in that hideous cast. He even learned how to stand in it as much as it would allow. We would even let him move outside and in the grass when we were outside. Evidenced by the rotting leaves and grass inside his cast as he was cut out of it.
For how bad of an experience this was while we were going through it. I couldn't be more proud of my son, my daughter and wife for how they handled it and came together to see their way through and persevere.
If you have any thoughts or questions, please feel free to leave them in the comments section. I will respond to them all.
Thanks for reading and I hope if you find yourself in this difficult circumstance, these entries will help you and offer you words of encouragement and hope.
It will get better day by day.
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