Monday, August 14, 2006

Injury Update

It's been awhile since I've posted so I figure I'll give an update on the various injuries our family has endured lately.

Me: Two days after my crash on the top of the mountain we were able to get in to see an orthopedic specialist. They looked at the original x-rays from the urgent care office and took the splint off my arm. I was to continue to wear a sling but to try to extend the elbow and twist the wrist, neither of which were easy to do as it was extremely painful.

After a week I didn't need to wear the sling anymore but still had to take it easy. I was able to do more things around the house but still couldn't do any heavy lifting.

Last wednesday I went back in to see the orthopedic specialist. They did another set of x-rays where they confirmed that the injury is an "impacted fracture". The best way to describe that is if you were to hold a stick, one hand at each end and try to push the ends together horizontally (not bending). The point where the stick gives and it "mushes" together is where it "impacted" picture that happening in a bone, specifically the radial bone close to the elbow. It's doing a lot better now I just have to remember that I do have a hurt arm before trying to do something. Most of the time it's just a dull ache feeling just above my wrist.

Sy: As you recall Sy didn't get stitches in her chin. They just glued it and put the steri-strips on her chin. After a few days those fell off and too the scabs with them. Now she just has little pink lines on her chin with a slight indentation. With a little Mederma Kids it should heal well enough that you can't even tell that she hurt her chin.

About a week after the crash I noticed that it looked like she had chipped her front tooth. She had chipped one before it had even cut through the gums last October but now both top front teeth have little chips in it. She already has a space between her front teeth and now with the two chips the space is more prominant. But at least they're baby teeth!

I was just to the point where I was thinking everything was okay and that we would walk away from this event without too much to show for it. Ya of course, I had spoken too soon. The other day (friday maybe) when I was changing her diaper I noticed that the more recently chipped tooth was looking a little discolored. GREAT! (hear sarcasm please)

Yesterday at church I talked to a friend of mine thats a dental hygenist. She was able to look at Sy's tooth and told me to expect it to continue to get darker until it's black. As long as it's not causing her any pain and we don't see an absess developing to leave it alone. Right now it's a place holder for the adult teeth. When she's a little bit older we can take her into a pediatric dentist and they can put a cap on it. Because she got her baby teeth late, I'm pretty sure that she'll loose her baby teeth late and get her adult teeth late. I'm thinking those front teeth might not fall out until 7 or 8.

W: No major injuries to report for W. Just being a boy and being completely covered in bruises. Every day I notice a new bruise. The newest one that's worth mention is right at the end of his chin. On the bottom, if it was a scar he and Sy would match. From what little information I was able to get from him, he had been climbing up the slide and his feet slipped out from under him and he banged his chin on the slide. It was a pretty good bruise, but not it's just that yucky yellowish-green.


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No more injuries to report. W starts preschool on Thursday. Tomorrow evening is an open house for the parents and teachers to meet the child's teachers. I'm really hoping that everything goes well and W doesn't have too hard of a time adjusting. I don't know how much help I'll be able to offer to the class with having little Sy at home too, but I'll do what I can to help him get settled in the new class. One day he's really excited about starting "school" and the next day he doesn't want to go to "school" so we'll see how it goes.
Posted by ABQ Mom :: 8/14/2006 08:06:00 AM :: 4 Comments:

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