Please help

[Marsha123]

Hello, my son is 14 months and he just had a xray done on his leg and foot. I'm really terrified and have been having bad anxiety attacks because I did not want to get the xray done but at the same time I was scared he may of fractured his leg and di not want this to go undiagnosed. Although he showed no sign of pain, swelling or bruising he was a happy baby the doctor said he wanted to rule out fracture. So I did the xray and I am now panicking. The xray tech gave me such a small shield that should have covered his groin and chest but it barely did. And my little strong boy moved so much it was hard to keep the lead apron in place. I'm so worried about the radiation from the xray and him not being fully shielded. His chest was exposed during the xray. I'm also worried that he got the xray at such a young age. Please help!!

?????? Struggling for words.
Do you realise how little radiation there is in X-rays these days. 1 X-ray and no shield at all will be fine.

Do you suffer from health anxiety? Did you bring your concerns to the attention of the x-ray technician at the time so they could address your issues? That would have been sensible. You have nothing to worry about.

Chest X-rays are also exceedingly common...

This may be reassuring for you

www.radiologyinfo.org/en/pdf/safety-xray.pdf

1 xray is about half the exposure of a flight from London to New York and roughly the same as what you would naturally be exposed to over a month just living on earth.
We think nothing of getting on a plane and taking children but worry so much about the odd xray.

I had multiple xrays as a child due to issues with my hips and I'm fine.

It's fine. Don't worry. Under the new regs they should have informed you of the risk prior to exposure and it's very very small. Negligible chance of cancer induction. So don't panic.
Be assured that in the U.K. there are extremely stringent controls in pace around x-ray exposures. You cannot carry one out unless the radiation risk can be justified against the clinical benefit.
I would try to get help managing your anxiety as that is more of a risk.