Hi everyone,
Not sure what I am looking for here...just venting I suppose and trying to purge some of my guilt.
My daughter fell off a trampoline at a friend's house the other day. She fractured her arm, dislocated her elbow, and required surgery to place two pins into the joint.
Wasn't a good night.
3 days later she's doing much better-she was released from the hospital the following day and after another rough 12 hours or so she seemed back to normal-except like my normal four year old but crazier. It's like having a toddler in the house-I have to follow her everywhere for fear she's going to break her other arm-she has no concept of limits on her activity right now.
The doctor prescribed two meds-one an anti inflammatory and the other a pain reliever. After her behavior seemed to escalate this afternoon (really, really hyper and agitated) I googled the pain reliever. It is BANNED in the U.S. (we're in Brazil) and has been for years. It's not recommended to give to children under 19. She's four! I feel horrible. I am planning on switching to motrin at this point and trying to treat her pain that way. I usually do so much more research on these things, but between the language barrier here, my husband being out of town during all of these events, and being 30 weeks pregnant I really screwed up.
Any other good advice on helping a preschooler heal from a broken bone? She'll be in a cast for the next 6 weeks or so.
Not sure what I am looking for here...just venting I suppose and trying to purge some of my guilt.
My daughter fell off a trampoline at a friend's house the other day. She fractured her arm, dislocated her elbow, and required surgery to place two pins into the joint.
Wasn't a good night.3 days later she's doing much better-she was released from the hospital the following day and after another rough 12 hours or so she seemed back to normal-except like my normal four year old but crazier. It's like having a toddler in the house-I have to follow her everywhere for fear she's going to break her other arm-she has no concept of limits on her activity right now.
The doctor prescribed two meds-one an anti inflammatory and the other a pain reliever. After her behavior seemed to escalate this afternoon (really, really hyper and agitated) I googled the pain reliever. It is BANNED in the U.S. (we're in Brazil) and has been for years. It's not recommended to give to children under 19. She's four! I feel horrible. I am planning on switching to motrin at this point and trying to treat her pain that way. I usually do so much more research on these things, but between the language barrier here, my husband being out of town during all of these events, and being 30 weeks pregnant I really screwed up.
Any other good advice on helping a preschooler heal from a broken bone? She'll be in a cast for the next 6 weeks or so.
s: Do you have access to homeopathic arnica?
