One day at work, I received a call from elementary school health room saying that my five year old daughter got hurt from someone jump on her leg during recess time in the morning at 11am. She was crying and screaming over the phone. I asked Jacky to pick her up from school right away. We thought that she was upset and probably had a sprained ankle. Jacky picked her up and took her home. By looking at her leg, we didn't think that she had a broken bone. It looks Perfectly fine and no sign of swelling. Jacky called me at 3:30 and told me that kayley is still complaining about the pain on her leg. I called the pediatrician office and got an appointment. By the time she got an X-ray, it was already almost 5pm. We returned back to pediatrician office. My pediatrician dr Salle is the best doctor ever. She is always there for her patients. When she showed me the X-rays and explained to me about the fractured bone, I immediately started to cry. Kayley got even more nervous because of my crying. Dr Salle told me I stop crying right away in front of the kids. Lesson learn no. 1 if you as a parent cannot keep calm, it will just make things worst. Because kids are going to get very uneasy.
Dr Salle sent us home with Tylenol with codein to help with her pain over the night and got us the cd with the X-ray as well as the first appointment to see the best orthopedic doctor. Again, I really love dr Salle. I can always count on her to make the best decision for us.
Kayley couldn't really sleep over the night due to the pain. Neither did I. I was worried and sad. We got her in the full leg cast the next day. It was full of screaming and crying. I am exhausted. Without jacky, I wouldn't be able to do it. He would carry kayley in the big britax car seat in and out. We work together very well to get through this difficult time. Kayley was living in her car seat for a few days. She slept in the car seat, she in in her car seat, she refused to get out just because the pain traumatized her. She doesn't want to be moved again to avoid the pain. There were days where she would scream and cry about the itchy leg inside the cast. We did a very good job keeping her cast dry and clean. Not sure where I get the energy and power, I was able to carry her in her heavy long cast in and out. I love this child too much to see her suffering.
We tried to ask her what happened a few times, she would get very sad and started crying like someone had bullied her. I was really sad. Finally she was able to share that someone jumped off from the playground structure and landed on her when she ran passed by. Very unfortunate. Her school didn't tell me exactly what happened. However the principal and teachers are nice enough to to accommodate us when she is on the stroller. She went back to school the following week. This girl need to go back to the class. She was getting very uneasy surrounding by people. Poor thing.
The four weeks passed pretty quickly. We went back to get her full leg cast off and got her leg another X-ray. It showed that the bone is growing little by little. She got another cast. A walking cast that she could walk on. A pretty pink and stripy orange cast that looks like a boot. She wouldn't walk on it. I don't blame her. I am going to give her time. She also got a slipper for the cast. It's ugly black and blue.
I was able to make it pretty. I hoe she likes it.
