Once we arrived home from Utah, we set an appointment to go to see a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at PCH. We saw him exactly one week from the date of her fall and so she was tired of her temporary cast and we were ready to find out what was going to happen to her leg.
After reviewing the x-rays from the hospital in Utah, he assessed that Brynlyn had a spiral fracture on her right tibia and it was a common break that they often call the "toddler fracture" because of how common it is with toddlers obviously. SO...he put a bubble gum pink cast on her leg and sent us home to recover.
She was in a lot of pain for the next 2 weeks, but the pain started to subside and healing set in. Now she crawls all over the place, cast and all. And she's even climbing all over the place, all over the furniture, up to the kitchen table, etc. She'll occasionally stand on her cast, but she hasn't dared to walk on it yet however brave she is getting.
We actually go in to see the DR on Monday (7-12) and he'll see how much longer she'll have to have the cast on. We're hoping not too much longer!!!
Through all of this, she's been a real trooper and hasn't let it slow her down.
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