12 days ago my 15 year old dd hurt her elbow whilst trampolining. She had an icepack put on it and at the end of the day was sent home with the opinion of to get it checked out if any swelling or lack of movement.
There was no swelling, and although the arm was hurting it did not stop her moving it.
The following day she was out in the garden doing cartwheels etc. Then moaning afterwards that her arm hurt.
The following week she spent the week doing activities and then when tired complaining about her arm.
Roll forward to today she's spend 8 hours today at a schools athletics event competing in a number of disciplines, and then has gone on to do 3 hours of gymnastics.
She has now come home from that saying that her arm is hurting, and I have said I'm not surprised I'm more surprised that is the only thing that is hurting over that much sport.
She said that one of the other mothers at gymnastics asked her if she'd had her arm looked at as she once walked round with a fractured arm.
My dh says that as it is hurting her, I should take her down to A&E I have said no as I can't believe it is hurting her so much as she is doing the activities she wants to do, and it is only later when she's tired that she moans about it.
We've been to casualty so many times for sporting injuries with her, last time we went they interviewed her separately, to satisfy that she was doing these injuries outside of the house. But none of these injuries has resulted in anything other than being told it's bruised or a sprained.
AIBU or do you think this could be a case of crying wolf and I should go and spend my evening down in casualty?