So, Charlotte had the misfortune of having to have fallen off the bunk bed ladder and getting hurt. She was about 20minutes into her two hour nap when she had climbed the ladder to the top bunk where Ava naps. Only, Ava saw Charlotte fall from the ladder and couldn't explain exactly what happened but did try. Ava mostly was able to describe how she landed, but not exactly why she fell. Charlotte was carrying to medium-large size stuffed animals; an alligator and a yellow duck, under each arm while climbing the ladder. We think she may have gotten her left ankle caught in the ladder or the side rail on Ava's bunk and didn't quite make it onto the actual bed. She fell to the bottom floor with her two stuffed animals under her. She did cry, but she didn't cry so hard that we suspected right away that she had broken her leg. She actually cried and then fell asleep in my arms. She fell asleep from 4PM-7PM. This all happened on Sept 28-29th on a Sunday night and Monday morning. She woke up from her nap complaining that her leg hurt but couldn't exactly point to where or say much else to describe her discomfort. She didn't have any bruising or scratchs and had very slight swelling around the ankle bone. We gave her some Motrin and iced and stabilized her leg and had her in our bed that night to see how she felt the next couple of hours. She slept well that night and the next morning we went in right away to see her pediatrician who then referred us to a different office for x-rays, and then to a pediatric orthopedist. Charlotte had fractured her lower tibia and fibula on her left leg. I think that because she had landed on top of her stuffed animals that they protected her upper chest and face from the ground or from hitting the steps of the ladder. Charlotte got her pink cast on Sept 29th and had a full leg cast till November 1st. As of November 1st they took new x-rays and her leg is healing nicely. She is now wearing a black brace that she must wear 100% of the time except she has the advantage of it being half the size and being able to take it off at bedtime and for bath time. She will go in for her follow up x-rays and hopefully get the news from the doctor that she is also well enough to stop using the leg brace.
November 1st. Charlotte did excellent getting her cast taken off. We tried to prepare her by explaining what was going to happen a few days beforehand and showing her some YouTube videos that weren't scary of other kids getting their casts off. They use a special saw. The generator in the room is quite loud and it was extremely helpful that they offer the children headsets to quite the noise. We got to keep her cast as a souvenir. After the cast was taken off Ryan went with Charlotte into the x-ray room where we got to see the progress of her bones healing well. Then the three of us went to a different medical office where Charolotte was fitted for a small leg brace.
Healing very nicely. You can barely see the area that was broken.
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