Has your child ever broken a wrist, can you tell me about it please?

[HelenBurns]

Just picked up ds1 from school, and he is quite tearful and pale and holding his wrist. He says it hurts a lot and keeps crying - not really like him except he will often be tired after school, so I'm not sure how much of it is that iyswim.

It's not swollen, looks the same as the other one if a bit limp, but he can't use it properly. He did it by falling over at morning break apparently - he said he cried a lot and has been crying all day 'in between' so not all the time (thank goodness).

Teachers haven't commented. Do I take him up for an x ray or would it be more swollen and so on?

TIA.

Thankyou - yes we've been told he can use it but to stop if it hurts, and not to fall on it or lift anything heavy.

yes - that old chestnut of telling a 5yo BOY "not to fall"......
Get the teachers to keep an extra eye on him during playtime.

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My then 11 yr old daughter broke hers on Christmas Day 2005, sliding about on her brother's bedroom floor in her new alpaca bedsocks. It wasn't buckled, there was no bruising, she seemed to have as much mobility as nromal (pain notwithstanding) so we bandaged it up and tried to quell her whinging with Calpol 6+. Imagine our surprise guilt when on New Year's Day, after a week of whinging and more Calpol, we decided to have it Xrayed to prove to her that it was only bruised, only to discover it did in fact have a greenstick fracture. She only had to have a cast for two weeks! As we'd already waited a week to have it looked at!!

If he continues in pain, it may be worth having it Xrayed.

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Tis okay - spelt it incorrectly!!!

Thanks anyway!

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Duchesse - I'm glad we're not the only ones that have done this.

Glad to hear it's not broken

Thanks

He was crying a bit in his sleep last night, poor lamb. But this morning despite being very tired he seems to be in less pain.

I've taken him to school and written a long note explaining and asking them to help him, keep an eye on him in the playground etc. I've also asked what the general policy is re injuries, and mentioned that I am at home in the day and would have been happy to take him to the hospital if they had phoned. I said I appreciated it was not always easy to assess the level of an injury.

The teacher only made a brief appearance and I had to chase her to say there was a letter in his bag. She didn't say anything, just 'Ok'.

Tbh I am quite unhappy that not one of the TAs or teachers took the trouble to mention it to me yesterday, despite the fact he had been tearful all day.
And surely it couldn't have been that hard to assess given that I knew immediately I picked him up, that he was quite distressed, although I suppose I know him better and he might have just seen mummy and let it out iyswim.

Any response from the teachers at DS school??

Hiya, thanks for asking.

Well they kind of nervously laughed at hometime this afternoon when I approached them. I guess my note had rather formal overtones!

She said she spoke to ds and to the TA who dealt with it at the time, and they had worked out that it happened at afternoon play, at about 2.50pm.

Ds was standing there and I ruffled his hair and said, 'Oh, that's a relief, he does get his days muddled etc, silly ds'. They said' of course we would ring you'.

Then we went to the car and I asked him again which playtime it was and he said morning, and that he had had trouble eating his dinner because it hurt.

So either they are fibbing to save face - not good if it means suggesting in front of ds that he is confused/making it up - or else he really is confused. I don't know what to think frankly.

Can be very annoying, DS broke his wrist while at school and we never got to the bottom of why it happend. He then fell down some steps in school a year later and split his head, first thing the head teacher said when she rang to check on him was , you know your hospital bill are coverd by your own school insurance. More worried about me suing them than my DS

That's really shocking, Cice.
My mother suffested they might be afraid of looking bad, ie trying to save face. I didn't think at the time, but even if it had on;y happened at 2.50 surely they ought to have mentioned it anyway...they said 'he was fine' when he told me he cried for ages.

Arghh.
Never mind. It sounds like your son had a much worse time of it, I should be grateful for small mercies!