So yesterday my ds "broke " his arm

[pyjamagirl]

He went to hospital the doctor said it was a very thin fracture and put a pot on
Today he has been back to fracture clinic another xray another doctor who said it isn't broke in his opinion and the fracture the doctor saw was growth plates !!!!
He has still put a pot on but we are to go back in 10 days anyone else have exp of this ?

Poor you and poor him. I've not got any expanation, but just wanted to send sympathy. Both my sons have broken limbs at some point so I know how traumatic it is.

DD fell on her elbow a few years back and complained of it being sore. I took her to A and E where a kind and gentle junior doctor xrayed it and diagnosed a fracture. They put her arm in a sling and gave us an appointment for the fracture clinic the follwing day. At this clinic, we were seen by the consultant who checked the xrays and after manhandling her arm(which brought her to tears), decided that in his opinion, it wasn't fractured and wasn't in need of a sling or cast.
Well, she continied to complain of pain in her arm for a few days after and so I got my GP to refer us the same day, to the local private hospital instead. Another xray was taken there and a fracture was confirmed. I was absolutely livid with the NHS hospital consultant who had misdiagnosed this and vowed never to be treated by him again!!!

How old is DS?

The difficult area for me is the elbow on 3 - 8 year olds as there are so many areas calcifying at that age, that sometimes it is very hard to tell what is normal growth and what is not quite where it should be.

Most radiographers (me included) often go by gut feeling when examining little ones. Even if we don't see anything, the way a child is behaving often gives clues that something is going on and we 'red dot' the image to let the doctor know our thoughts that it needs looking at closely.

The good thing is that at a young age things heal really quickly, so chances are that being in a cast for 10 days will sort things out if there is a fracture.

I fell over 2 months ago on my way - strangely - to a physio appt. I cracked my knee on the pavement and somehow skidded (leaving a mark on the pavement which is still there!).

I just about managed to get myself to the hospital for my appt but when I showed it to the physio he just laughed as it was by then, the size of half an egg sticking out of my knee.

6 weeks later when visiting the doctor, i told her my knee was still very painful to touch and she took a look. She told me that i should have gone to the hospital as i had a hairline fracture....! Apparently she knew this as, when mending, the bone forms in a way that shows it was a fracture and had i had it x-rayed, they'd have put it in plaster! (Not good when you live in a town house!!!)

I would have thought it better safe than sorry to have a pot in your ds's case PJgirl and at your dd's treatment Summer!