My poor 10year old daughter Abbey broke both of her forearms on Friday afternoon. Both bones in both forearms - 5 fractures in total.
She was playing on the gymnastics bar at home and slipped off, using her arms to brace her fall, and broke them both. They were quite deformed but luckily not protruding the skin.
They were able to do a closed reduction (no cuts) surgery on Saturday morning, and we were able to take her home from hospital last night.
She's in mixed spirits - moments of happiness, but lots of moments of sadness as she won't be able to do anything for the next 6 weeks. She was involved in so much too - she'll miss a dancing concert, recorder concert at the opera house, gymnastics competitions, clarinet and band lessons, school camp and more. We'll also probably have to apply for special considerations for her OC test, which is only a week after she might get the casts off - so who knows how her ability to write will be.
It's been a long couple of days, and will no doubt be a long 6 weeks as it throws our routine into turmoil. But kids are resilient and I know she'll be back to normal in no time.
Hi Mike,
Sorry to hear, all the best for her speedy recovery.
Out daughter had something similar falling from high bars doing a gymnastics routine.
She recovered, came over hear fear of the high bars and to see her doing and mastering a level test at the same bars a year later just shows how well kids recover.
All the best,
Peter
Mike,
man I can only offer sympathy. Girl I knew did the same thing after being thrown off a horse except the breaks were really bad. Months and months of casts up to the shoulders. Had to have someone do everything for her. Hope there's no long term effects.
Mike, sorry to hear. All the best to her for a speedy recovery. Tell her that her bones will be even stronger after they heal. That worked for me when I had a broken arm as a kid & needed some cheering up.
Oh, wow! Sounds like a hard fall! That's no fun at all. I hope she recovers quickly and can keep her sense of humour in the meantime.
It might be worth talking about the special considerations for the OC exam if it's so soon after getting the casts off. It might take a while to get movement and endurance back for writing - it might just be a stressor she doesn't need.
Mate, as a parent these sorts of accidents make you feel sick, it must have been a tense day or so for you both, reminds us just how fragile we really are.
My daughter, Amy, broke her arm at about the same age but to break both arms would be infinitely worse. I wish you a speedy recovery, in the meantime just chill and let mum and dad look after you .
Not good news at all... Poor thing. Tell her that at least she won't have to wash the dishes or help around the house LOL. I remember when my Daughter Jessica was very young and was walking with her holding her hand. She tripped and I held her up by her arm to save her fall... Not a good idea! She let out this blood curdling scream that I will never forget. Took her to hospital to find I had broken her arm. Told its a pretty common accident. However I felt like a bad Father that day.
Hope it all goes well. Ice cream seems to help with the sad days ;-)
Last edited by BlackWidow; 01-06-2014 at 10:24 PM.
My daughter Abbey's accident :(
hope she mends up soon.
