My daughter (age 9) broke her left wrist at school on Tuesday. We were told that she had a buckle fracture and for this type of fracture she needed to wear a splint for 4 weeks.While being seen by a doctor he sent for a nurse to go and get a splint. The nurse fitted the splint in front of the doctor. Yesterday we went to my friends house and her little girl who is the same age as my daughter noticed that my daughters splint was on upside down. My friends daughter had the same injury a few months ago which is how she knew. So metal part was on the top of her wrist instead of underneath.
After googling it we took a trip back to same hospital who confirmed that it was on wrong and they had given her a right handed splint for her left arm. I asked if there would be any long term damage with her wearing it incorrectly for nearly a week. The nurse said hopefully not but she could not say for certain.
I'm really annoyed about it to be honest. The nurse apologised and said that if I wanted to make a complaint I could. I said that I don't really want to because it's the NHS but also worried about it not healing properly. What do you think I should do? If we hadn't of seen my friend today she could have been wearing it wrong for the next 4 weeks.