Her's why my hair stands on end with this case (apologies for the length but it only makes sense in context):
When my DD was 16mo she fell over on her bum, perfectly normal non-event but for some reason she was screaming afterwards and would not settle. We took get to A&E where we were told we wee PFB, toddlers don't break bones like that, no x-Ray as exposure to radiation is dangerous. Three days later we saw a family friend, a paediatric orthopedic surgeon, who confirm this opinion so we flew to France (originally in Greece our home country). Ten days later DD would still not put her foot down so we popped in our local hospital who decided to admit us to clear it all up.
Two days of exams later no answer, so I insisted on an x-Ray. Turns out she had a hairline fracture of the left tibia...and an old, healed complete break of her left fibula. This was met with shock by everyone. DD was sent for full body x-Rays which were luckily clear and I was taken into a room and asked if DH hit her, which he had never done and neither had I. X-Rays were sent round the country and came back with a possible diagnosis of osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease). At this stage we were allowed to leave as it was no longer an emergency and we needed a specialist.
Right before discharge the doctor took DH aside and told him I had done this to DD. he said I must have let her fall and had hid the accident because DD was too clingy - DD was stil bf at that stage which was judged to be abnormal and stuck onto me because she was terrified (in admissions the nurse tried to insert a line in five different sites, inserting the needle multiple times at each site with no success, five people held her down for a scintigraphy with no sedation - that was why she was freaked).
It took us a month to find an OI specialist. He took one look at the x-Ray and referred us again, turns out DD has a genetically abnormal tibia, which had a cyst that caused a break when she was too young to have many nerve endings so it would not have been apparent when it happened.
As an aside while we thought it was OI we talked with a lot of families who had huge problems with social services. Every time they attended A&E they carried letters from their specialists to explain the condition, they had lists of friendly specialists who were willing to be contacted day and night to confirm this was OI and not abuse, they were too scared to go on holidays and find themselves in hospitals where their children and their condition was unknown.
The whole experience was horrific. I can't believe the doctors observed me with my DD over four days and concluded I had harmed her and was willing to put her through the tests rather than admit to an accident. Not to mention the bloody uselessness of the doctors who misinterpreted the x-Ray to such a terrible extent.
Anyway, there but for the grace of God go I.