I wasn't sure where was the best place to place to put this question. Certainly, coaches and gymnasts feel free to respond, not just parents.
DD is about half way through week 2 of finger and foot recovery. Fracture in one of the foot bones, so foot in a boot for 6 weeks. Dr. didn't see anything on the finger X-ray but ortho saw what he thought might be a tiny fragment of chipped off bone. Ordered 2 weeks in a splint, but that's it for the finger because he said probably another X-ray would just show the same thing... it's not like the tiny floating bone fragment is going to reattach itself or anything. DD has been great about wearing the splint, night and day, as per dr.'s orders but it's still sore. At a crowded memorial day festival today DD was getting jostled, and that was hurting her finger. Tonight she was helping me paint the bathroom and she got paint on her splint so I suggested she just "buddy tape" it to the finger next to it (which was what the original dr told us to do instead of a splint) but she very quickly returned to the splint saying it hurt.
At T-minus-3-days and counting till she is technically "allowed" to take the splint off, I'm just not sure what to expect. If it still hurts after the 2 weeks is up, should I call the ortho? Should I just have her keep wearing the splint till it doesn't hurt? Or is it just going to be sore for awhile while she gets used to using it again? I know the "no medical advice" rule on CB, but I thought maybe someone else had experienced something similar and would have some advice on what is "normal." I'm not even sure what ortho would do if we went back, since he didn't expect to see any changes in the X-ray one way or the other.
On the bright side, her foot is feeling great. She's tromping around in the boot like a trooper. Maybe she can take the boot off and leave the splint on... She pretty much said that tonight when she was putting the splint back on. She said, "at this rate, my foot is going to be healed before my finger!" I know she was hoping to be able to start doing a bit of bar work soon. She's tired of sit-ups and "butt-scootches". Heavy sigh.
DD is about half way through week 2 of finger and foot recovery. Fracture in one of the foot bones, so foot in a boot for 6 weeks. Dr. didn't see anything on the finger X-ray but ortho saw what he thought might be a tiny fragment of chipped off bone. Ordered 2 weeks in a splint, but that's it for the finger because he said probably another X-ray would just show the same thing... it's not like the tiny floating bone fragment is going to reattach itself or anything. DD has been great about wearing the splint, night and day, as per dr.'s orders but it's still sore. At a crowded memorial day festival today DD was getting jostled, and that was hurting her finger. Tonight she was helping me paint the bathroom and she got paint on her splint so I suggested she just "buddy tape" it to the finger next to it (which was what the original dr told us to do instead of a splint) but she very quickly returned to the splint saying it hurt.
At T-minus-3-days and counting till she is technically "allowed" to take the splint off, I'm just not sure what to expect. If it still hurts after the 2 weeks is up, should I call the ortho? Should I just have her keep wearing the splint till it doesn't hurt? Or is it just going to be sore for awhile while she gets used to using it again? I know the "no medical advice" rule on CB, but I thought maybe someone else had experienced something similar and would have some advice on what is "normal." I'm not even sure what ortho would do if we went back, since he didn't expect to see any changes in the X-ray one way or the other.
On the bright side, her foot is feeling great. She's tromping around in the boot like a trooper. Maybe she can take the boot off and leave the splint on... She pretty much said that tonight when she was putting the splint back on. She said, "at this rate, my foot is going to be healed before my finger!" I know she was hoping to be able to start doing a bit of bar work soon. She's tired of sit-ups and "butt-scootches". Heavy sigh.