Wednesday, November 30, 2011
decorating a spica cast......
After Lydia came home from the hospital in her new cast, and was happy and well rested from not being in pain anymore. We had a little fun decorating Lydia's cast!
Luke went first, I'm not sure what he drew......but he was excited!
I drew some flowers and a butterfly. Above that, a broken bone.
not just any car seat for a spica cast......
A child in a spica cast can not fit in a normal car seat. I was told by a friend that the hospital that she had her cast put on had car seats for spica casts available for loan. I called and of course they only have two and they are both loaned out. They did have a harness, I am not a fan of the harness. I don't really see how it can be safe!
The top part straps around the child, the black straps go in between the legs. the little strap raps around the leg of the child, you then lay the child in the car long ways on the seat, and run the seat belt through the harness. It takes for ever to get the child in it! and Lydia hated it, cried the whole time she was in it!
I happen to have a really good friend in the medical field that called around and found a car seat for us to use in a different city! it has been a life saver!!!
The top part straps around the child, the black straps go in between the legs. the little strap raps around the leg of the child, you then lay the child in the car long ways on the seat, and run the seat belt through the harness. It takes for ever to get the child in it! and Lydia hated it, cried the whole time she was in it!
I happen to have a really good friend in the medical field that called around and found a car seat for us to use in a different city! it has been a life saver!!!
Lydia + treadmill = broken leg
On the 27th of October, My sweet little girl broke her leg. Her femur bone on her left leg to be more specific.
She had a folded treadmill fall on her, I can not begin to explain what the last few weeks have been like, but I will try my best to give you a picture of what she has been through.
Oct. the 27th was a Thursday. That afternoon is when she was hurt. We rushed he to the hospital. The doctors in the ER did a CT of her whole body and an MRI of her head. That is when they discovered the broken femur. They were only able to rap it in a splint because she was so little I would have to take her to a bigger city to have it fixed ( not a good thing to hear) I was also told that this would not be able to happen till Monday.
The first night was horrible, every time she would start to fall asleep she would jolt herself awake and move her leg. needless to say we did not sleep much at all! I stayed by her side and we cried together and sang together all night.
The second night (Friday night) went the same way. We were both so tired and she was in so much pain, on Saturday I called the ER and the very nice doctor called in a new pain medicine for us to pick up at the drug store. It was so much better. she slept well and only cried it I changed her diaper. We moved her toddler bed into the living room so she would be more comfortable.
She was in pretty good spirits for the rest of the weekend. Its amazing what a little sleep and some good drugs will do for you!
Monday morning rolled around, Lydia and I headed off to the big city to meet with the doctor. We left home at 6:30.AM. We drove an hour and a half, waited an hour and a half at the office, only to find out that this doctor didn't think he could do it! He did tell me that they had a new specialist at the children's hospital and he thought that would be a good option for Lydia.
I called the specialist office as soon as I got back in the car. I was told that I needed to call my doctors office at home and get a referral to be able to see the specialist. So, I did. I even got all the info together for my doctors office so they would just have to call it in (not my job). I had everything in by 10:30 AM.
I didn't hear back from my doctors office till 4:30PM only to have her tell me that Lydia would not be able to see the specialist till the next Thursday! that would be 8 days from when she broke her leg!!
I then took this bull by the horns and called the specialist office for myself, I left a message saying how I didn't think Lydia could wait that long, it had already been 5 days!
They called back the next morning and said that was no problem, they could fit Lydia in that day! (Tuesday).
We drove her back up to the big city, and she was finally put in a cast! 6 days after she broke her leg!! The cast is called a spica cast, it goes from above her belly button all the way down on both legs to both ankles!
She had a folded treadmill fall on her, I can not begin to explain what the last few weeks have been like, but I will try my best to give you a picture of what she has been through.
Oct. the 27th was a Thursday. That afternoon is when she was hurt. We rushed he to the hospital. The doctors in the ER did a CT of her whole body and an MRI of her head. That is when they discovered the broken femur. They were only able to rap it in a splint because she was so little I would have to take her to a bigger city to have it fixed ( not a good thing to hear) I was also told that this would not be able to happen till Monday.
The second night (Friday night) went the same way. We were both so tired and she was in so much pain, on Saturday I called the ER and the very nice doctor called in a new pain medicine for us to pick up at the drug store. It was so much better. she slept well and only cried it I changed her diaper. We moved her toddler bed into the living room so she would be more comfortable.
Monday morning rolled around, Lydia and I headed off to the big city to meet with the doctor. We left home at 6:30.AM. We drove an hour and a half, waited an hour and a half at the office, only to find out that this doctor didn't think he could do it! He did tell me that they had a new specialist at the children's hospital and he thought that would be a good option for Lydia.
I called the specialist office as soon as I got back in the car. I was told that I needed to call my doctors office at home and get a referral to be able to see the specialist. So, I did. I even got all the info together for my doctors office so they would just have to call it in (not my job). I had everything in by 10:30 AM.
I didn't hear back from my doctors office till 4:30PM only to have her tell me that Lydia would not be able to see the specialist till the next Thursday! that would be 8 days from when she broke her leg!!
I then took this bull by the horns and called the specialist office for myself, I left a message saying how I didn't think Lydia could wait that long, it had already been 5 days!
They called back the next morning and said that was no problem, they could fit Lydia in that day! (Tuesday).
We drove her back up to the big city, and she was finally put in a cast! 6 days after she broke her leg!! The cast is called a spica cast, it goes from above her belly button all the way down on both legs to both ankles!
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