10 year old DS with fractured metatarsal - what treatment?

[Pringle89]

So, son went over on is foot at school, school didn’t ring me but when I picked him up was in pain and limping, left a day to see if improved as suspected a sprain, however ended up in a&e as he couldn’t bear his weight at all without pain even after a day.

Turns out it’s a fractured metatarsal, only saw a nurse who gave crutches and said the consultant radiologist has to look at X-ray and decide on treatment but they only work on call for emergencies at weekends so will call Monday.

Anyone any experience of what treatment will be? She said cast/air boot or just leave it to heal if he feels only minor?

Really surprised they’ve left him two days with a fractured foot tbh!

Just wondered if anybody’s kids have done the same and what the outcome was?

If it's stable then a boot won't really make a difference on a metatarsal. It's one day - if they thought it needed something they would have given it, however he's already been walking on it for a day or so so if it was going to move it would have done already.

It's a small bone so sometimes nothing can really be done that is useful and it is more important to be moving to get blood into the foot.

No one on here can decide what treatment would be as they want a consultant to look at it. Just keep him off it for now and you will find out tomorrow.

I did this 10 yrs ago going over on my foot while moving house, it wasn't xrayed as they said likely just a sprain and to rest it.
Was only picked up 2 yrs ago when xrayed for another reason but it had healed in line and they said it probably wouldn't have been cast at the time anyway.

Rest, pain relief and use crutches to limit weight bearing until its been reviewed.