Hi,
I'm new on here but would really appreciate some advice.
I'm a mum of triplet girls, aged 8, and we are 3 months into a 12 month trip around Asia and one of my DD has had a v bad fall and has fractured her leg in 2 places. It's a spiral fracture to the tibia (undisplaced, which is v lucky) and slightly displaced smaller fracture to the fibula.
We are in Nepal where we have had v good treatment, she is in a full leg cast to her thigh. We are told she will have this for 6 weeks (it's been 3.5 so far) then a cast change to a short cast for a further 6 weeks. We go for a check up this week, and assuming she is deemed fit to fly, the insurance are planning to send us home.
However, we are planning to refuse curtailment and continue with the trip. That is, assuming it is healing well and there are no complications. We've planned for her to continue her treatment in Thailand at a private hospital. We will have to pay ourselves for all the rest of her treatment but it's relatively inexpensive and I think we can manage it.
However, I am now suddenly having second thoughts about carrying on with the trip. Am I risking her getting the best care? Will it be OK seeing a new set of Dr's? What about physio, will we be able to get what she needs? I already feel awfully guilty about it happening in the first place. I think to be honest am I still a bit in shock and not sure how to make a decision.
My husband and all 3 kids really don't want to go home. Besides, our house is rented out and we have career breaks from our jobs, no where to live etc, going home isn't a simple option either.
Sorry for such a long post.
The things I'd really like help with are:-
- how to cope with the guilt
- how much to let her play with her sisters v's lying still. She wants to roll around on the grass with them, is this OK?
- how to help her cope, she is having tantrums of frustration at not being able to join in, and I'm struggling to cope with this
- any experience anyone has of travelling or holidays with children in casts
- any experience anyone has of getting hospital treatment overseas v's the NHS
Thank you for reading,