HELP 9 year old with ASD had broke his leg

[Debs75]

Got a phonecall from ds's school saying...'don't worry' cue worrying. 'B has fallen off a fence and hurt his foot.'
He had stood with his feet between the uprights then jumped off and got one welly stuck so twisted his right foot. He wouldn't let the first aider look and she wouldn't let him come home on transport so could I pick him up?
Mad frantic rush through Hull with Robyn (baby) to school. They brought him out in a wheelchair and he was obviously distressed. Wouldn't let me look at it and he couldn't bear weight.
So picked dp up from work, went home and had a look. His foot was swollen twice the size and he still couldn't bear any weight so off to A and E.

Got there at 4 and nurse had a quick look, B was screaming as they had to take sock and shoe off. Decided prob broken so X-ray. Then he asked about pain relief, well Billy doesn't do pain relief. He can't grasp that this will stop the pain, it justs tastes funny so he spits it out. Nurse did look at us like we were mad at first, especially when we put the sock and shoes back on.
If we hadn't B would of gone mental. With his autism he has sensory issues.

Had x-ray and he has broken his growth plate in his ankle (I think that's right) basically the break isn't too bad but where it is is?

They decided he needed pain relief so they syringed diamorphine up his nose. Very quick and painless (he didn't hit any of them) just made him sneeze for a while.

90 mins later the orthopods said we could take him home with a basckslab on and go back to the fracture clinic Monday when swelling gone down.

I think the drugs were kicked in good as he let them pot up his leg with no bother at all whilst he played dr's with the play nurse

We don't know yet how long he will be in pot, or how long off school. He is at a special needs school. He is a hefty 5 stone plus lad tho so mobility is gonna be hard.

To top it off he is flagged when he goes to A and E (He did a runner a couple of years ago and was found wandering in a nappy and t-shirt with no shoes and the policeman and head nurse thought it was neglect. So not helped by when we were finally allowed to see him he started smacking his dad.) so his social worker will be round tomorrow asking tons of Q's and I get real arsey with them and it doesn't look good.
They can't go too mad tho, it did happen at school.

I'm really not sure how we will cope, and how he will, he is such a vigorous jumping around little boy.

Your poor DS, I hope that it is good news when you return on Monday and that it isn't too painful/stressfull for him.

My DS1 is also a very lively little boy, he is always making bids for freedom and escaping over the wall into the adjoining play grounds and hence is known by almost everyone at his special school.

It worries me sick that he is going to injure himself whilst on one of these escapades sooner rather than later.

Like you we dread the A&E visits, last time we went DS1 had bumped into another child at school whilst the class was playing the parachute game and cut his lip badly. Because of his condition the doctors at A&E said he must have a GA to stitch it up and had he eaten in the last x amount of hours, no we said only to turn around and see him swallow a bit of crayon from the play table in the waiting room, cue hours and hours stressful waiting around on the childrens ward, only for him to rip his stitches out within 30 mins of waking from the GA.

It isn't any experience anybody in this family is in a hurry to repeat, so I really do understand and feel for you.

Lots of love to your DS and your family and best wishes for Monday, I will be thinking of you.

totally understand your concerns - ds (being assessed for asd) broke his arm 4 weeks ago. Two weeks ago, it wasn't healing, so they had to reset it under anaesthetic. we were at the children's hospital for 11 hours; most of them in traction.

i have to say that he got used to his plaster cast VERY quickly and i really hope that your ds is the same. i thought we'd have endless hours of "take it off!!!" but he really hasn't been like that at all.

it's awful when you feel people are asking questions about accidents they have too - i know i've been constantly reassuring people who immediately assume that ds did something dangerous (he's very active). they are all surprised to learn that actually, it was the parent of another child who crashed into him coming down a slide at soft play.

really hope he's not too uncomfortable in his cast and that he heals quickly. good luck all.

poor ds and you nd dp and i understand whole sensory thing too although my ds is the other way and always wants things off socks clothes everything even when its freezing can be bit when i go to nursery to find my son naked with staff trying to dress him as he plays happily with trains good luck with heal procsses

Thanks all. Went back monday and had proper pot put on, b had taken backslab off. had x-ray and doc decided to cat scan and operate. because it is the growth plate that is broken if it doesn't heal perfect then b could have a deformed foot when older which would mean more ops.
admitted us for the scan and up to ward by dinner.
by tea time they told us scan would be in morning so would monitor overnight. by 7.30 b was so distressed we were on our way home so he could sleep.
7.30 back at hospital. 9.30 saw consultants who had decided to be conservative and do a wait and see. So b now has a full leg cast on to minimise his ankle movements and back there tues for another x-ray. if it has moved then he will be having an op to pin it. if it is stable then he will stay in the cast with frequent x-rays.
So he is laid out on sofa bored. we are trying to keep him happy yet still. usually he is leaping around and he is finding it hard not to move much.
Have had so much running around to do to ensure we can care for him. dp has to give up work as we have a 10 wk old. need to go and get passport photos so we can get his blue badge, need a wheelchair. school are doing a risk assessment and lifting and handling checks in case he can go back.
oh and trying to do xmas shopping.

oh no, i really feel for you. we have light at the end of our tunnel as cast is coming off next week. broken leg is so much more complicated to deal with.

hope you are getting enough sleep to cope with all this when you have a baby too. my baby went through a no-sleep patch when ds broke his arm and i felt as though i was in a dark place for 2 weeks.

good luck.