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Should I take DD to A&E?

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ShortcutButtons · 19/06/2016 19:53

A few hours ago my four year old DD fell off a three foot high wall. It wasn't a very dramatic fall and she landed on her legs but they then buckled. She cried a lot and said her leg hurt but it didn't swell up. Now it's several hours later and she still won't walk on it, says it hurts and keeps crying but it's still not swollen or bruised.

Should I take her for a x-Ray or give her calpol and put her to bed? I am home alone with three children so if we go to A&E I have to take all of them. Added complication is that tomorrow lunchtime DH and I are flying to Venice for 48 hours without the kids so A&E in the morning is almost harder than now.

Is it likely to be broken if it's not bruised, marked or remotely swollen?

OP posts:

LondonSnow13 · 19/06/2016 22:11

Please never leave your child, alone in a house, even if the neighbours have got the monitor

This is just awful!

Judgeaway · 20/06/2016 09:35

How did you get on op

WellErrr · 20/06/2016 09:40

Please never leave your child, alone in a house, even if the neighbours have got the monitor

This is just awful

No it's not

If next door are listening to the monitor its no different to being in a large house. They just have an extra door to open.

How did you get on OP?

LondonSnow13 · 20/06/2016 10:51

They can't hear a fire!!!

Original poster

ShortcutButtons · 20/06/2016 12:09

It's a spiral fracture :-(

Apparently she did not present at all typically for this kind of fracture and they think she has quite a high pain threshold. She has not even cried once in the hospital.

My trip to Italy is cancelled in favour of London rain and hospitals. It was going to be our first night away in 7 years of parenting but obviously I can't leave DD2 now.

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BluePitchFork · 20/06/2016 12:10

oh no! I hope you get at least some money back from the insurance.
hope dd heals soon and will be pain free and bouncy in no time!

BleakBetty · 20/06/2016 12:17

Oh no! You poor things! Your DD sounds very brave. She'll be on the mend nice and quickly I'm sure.

As a child of parents who ignored several of my broken bones and took me to hospital rather late after the fact, I'm so glad you went in sooner rather than later .

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ShortcutButtons · 20/06/2016 12:40

Just thinking about LondonSnow's post. First it is a bit dramatic to say that my question about leaving DS in our house while the neighbours had the monitor was "just awful". It was a question, I was seeking advice at a time of stress. Is asking for advice really "just awful",?

Second I wonder whether the "just awful" response followed a real think through the risks. It would have been no more dangerous than when DS is asleep and DH and I are at the bottom of the garden. We couldn't hear a fire then. But then sleeping parents can't hear fires either. That's why we have smoke alarms. Smoke alarms would obviously be heard through the monitor. And the neighbours would probably be more able to respond than a sleeping parent who may already have secumbed to smoke inhalation if there was a fire.

I would never leave a mobile child in a house alone with just a listening device, but a child in a cot is different I think. They can't get out.

Not that I left him in the end. I'm just musing over the condemnatory response.

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poocatcherchampion · 20/06/2016 12:43

Poor dd.

Don't worry about it op. You made the right choice and these sorts of times are stressful.

Sorry about the trip.

Is she on crutches etc?

JustABigBearAlan · 20/06/2016 12:47

Oh no, so sorry to hear about your dd. Sorry about your trip too. I know how much you can look forward to a night away. Hope you can rebook for another time.

SecretlycrushingonTomHanks · 20/06/2016 12:51

Aww your poor DD and poor you as well! Always better getting them checked out after a fall if their behaviour has changed id say. Really hope she gets better soon and that you can get another trip away organised with DH once she's better

InternationalHouseofToast · 20/06/2016 12:58

OP, I think you need to find a balance for you. you could slip on the path whilst leaving a child in the house and going outside to peg washing after rain, but most of us would do it. If you have a semi detached house, your neighbours could hear your DC, presuming the walls are anything like ours.

It's better to have someone say inthe house with your child, as they would be alerted to a problem elsewhere in the house, but it's not some heinous act to have someone in earshot.

hope your DD feels better soon and the insurance pays up without quibbles for your trip. Venice is rubbish at this time of year - you're really not missing anything at all

tiredsotiredso · 20/06/2016 13:08

Sorry to hear about your little ones leg, hope she feels better & you get another chance at a trip away soon enough.

Coconutty · 20/06/2016 20:49

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AMR123456 · 21/06/2016 01:22

Ah shortcut
Sorry to hear it is a fracture. But you know what -you followed your instincts & you were right!!
It's tough you & DH miss out on your hols but you have your priorities right. In 10 years my DH have had 2 trips away from kids with the grand total of 4 nights!!!!
Even when we've had the rare night out its ended up with phone call because one DC is ill.
Hope DD not in too much pain & she's sleeping well

RaeSkywalker · 21/06/2016 08:56

Hope your DD heals quickly

WalrusGumboot · 21/06/2016 10:57

Just for future reference, if you call 111 they can send a vehicle to you if you can't get out.

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