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ds 3.5 cant stand on right foot

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yossa · 28/02/2006 17:14

my ds woke up this morning and couldn't put pressure on his foot. as far as i know he didn't injure it in any way. at least i never heard him if he fell out of bed in the night. We went swimming today and he was fine in the water but won't put it on the floor. There's no swelling or anything.#
The only thing i can think of is that we went to whipsnade zoo on Sunday and he did loads of walking - could that be it? Am i being crazy by adopting a wait and see attitude or should i take him to the doctors. He is absolutely fine in himself - except he insists on crawling everywhere!

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LIZS · 28/02/2006 17:22

dd has done this a couple of times. One time she tipped her 3 wheeler over on uneven ground and trapped her foot last time a couple of weeks ago she stepped off ds' bed ladder and just didn't time it right so twisted her foot slightly awkwardly. Both times she refused to walk on it the next day and we actually went to A and E and had it xrayed last time. Apparently it is possible for them to tweak the ligamnets and chip the bone but her foot was fine so they strapped it up and recommend nurofen(anti- inflammatory/pain killer). We had also applied arnica gel as that brings out bruising and reduces swelling. The second/third day in each case she could weight bear normally and 2 days later was skiing !

yossa · 01/03/2006 19:35

lizs you were right - he woke up this morning and after a few unsteady steps was back to normal - amazing! thanks for the reassurance. glad i didn't waste a night at A & E

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