The hazards of trick or treating...

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We were doing very well trick or treating last night, and just going to a couple more houses. The kids were running ahead, and then all of a sudden my husband hears a splat and then crying. Apparently my son did not see a retaining wall for a sunken driveway and fell 4 feet. He got a bad scrape on his right knee and left elbow, but all in all he looked fine. So we didn't think anything was off. (next year everyone gets their own flashlight :doh: ) He walked into the living room this morning, although a bit stiffly. Then he informed us he wasn't up to going to a birthday party.... HUH?!?! My child does NOT miss birthday parties. So we take him into the clinic and apparently he's managed to break his knee cap. DOH!!! Poor thing is in a soft cast now, but goes in on Monday to an specialist. So I'd appreciate any prayers, vibes and good thoughts I can get for him.

Oh no! Seems like that would hurt an awful lot! Hope he heals up quickly!

Oh dear!!! Poor guy! I'll be praying for a quick and complete recovery!! :hug:

Oh bless his heart! He looks a little bit embarassed in the picture!

Poor guy! That really must have hurt bad. Lots of prayers coming our way.

:weirdfaceoh...my...god... Broken Knee Cap! O-U-C-H ack my knee hurts just reading that! When I was a kid I fell into a empty pool and fell, bounced and landed on my knee, that was the worst pain I have ever felt to date. Breaking it can only be 10 times worst! Buy him a video game for me

O.U.C.H.!!! Poor guy! Hope he heals very very quickly!

Wow I'm sorry to hear the bad news. Best wishes for a quick recovery.

David

Awww... poor thing! That's gotta be no fun at all... :oops: Give him a big ol' hug from TX!

I cracked mine almost in half when I was around 12. Word of warning if it is still puffy when you go to the specialist they will probably need to drain it. They got 3 huge tubes of fluid and blood out of mine the first visit. Good luck and mine healed up fine.

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Originally Posted by nwheat

Oh no! Seems like that would hurt an awful lot! Hope he heals up quickly!

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Thanks Nancy. I sure hope so too! He's not in a lot of pain, but he's getting some ibuprofen and the brace is helping quite a bit. (I'm still kinda waiting for him to hurt himself on the crutches)

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Originally Posted by JLC

Oh dear!!! Poor guy! I'll be praying for a quick and complete recovery!! :hug:

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Thank you Judy. The timing could have been a bit better, since he has a big camp out with cub scouts this coming weekend in Talledega. We'll see what the doctor says on Monday before we make any final decisions on that one.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Oh bless his heart! He looks a little bit embarassed in the picture!

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Nah, he's not embarassed. He was a bit overheated and tired, as I took that pic right after we got home.

He's totally loving that I'm letting him play lots of video games right now.

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Originally Posted by marmie

Poor guy! That really must have hurt bad. Lots of prayers coming our way.

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It still hurts just thinking about him hitting that concrete, but we're sooo fortunate he didn't get hurt worse. (I'm trying to focus on the bright side)

Thanks Laurie.

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Originally Posted by Beardedragon

:weirdfaceoh...my...god... Broken Knee Cap! O-U-C-H ack my knee hurts just reading that! When I was a kid I fell into a empty pool and fell, bounced and landed on my knee, that was the worst pain I have ever felt to date. Breaking it can only be 10 times worst! Buy him a video game for me

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OUCH! That fall sounds painful!

I may have to go buy him a new video game.... that's a good idea. He will love you forever if I do. ;)

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Originally Posted by Purrrfect9

O.U.C.H.!!! Poor guy! Hope he heals very very quickly!

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Thanks. Me too.

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Originally Posted by dacalio

Wow I'm sorry to hear the bad news. Best wishes for a quick recovery.

David

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Hopefully he'll be good as new in no time. Thanks for the wishes David.

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Originally Posted by Laooda

Awww... poor thing! That's gotta be no fun at all... :oops: Give him a big ol' hug from TX!

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I sure will. Thank you Laura. :hug:

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Originally Posted by briz

I cracked mine almost in half when I was around 12. Word of warning if it is still puffy when you go to the specialist they will probably need to drain it. They got 3 huge tubes of fluid and blood out of mine the first visit. Good luck and mine healed up fine.

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Fortunately there really is very little swelling. When they showed us the xray they didn't have to point out the break, it was THAT obvious.

I'm glad to hear that these injuries heal well. I swear I'd never heard of anyone breaking their knee cap, but we had a girl do it while playing soccer just a couple weeks ago.

Awww poor guy! That must have hurt. Hope he recovers and is back out running around soon!

Sorry to hear that happened. I just wanted to say he has to be one tough kid to break his knee cap and still walk!! Tell him he's in my thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery..

Alan

Gaah...makes my old bad knees ache just thinking about it...

Um...tell him to cut back on red wine (red wine always kills my bad knee). :P

Oh damn.....


....he better have had a crap load of candy for that!!!!!!

Ow!

That sounds like it would nip a bit. :O

Best wishes for a speedy recovery - And I agree with Pat he better have got a good haul to make up for that with none of that yucky fruit stuff :zerb:


dr del

Poor guy!! :( I hope he makes a swift recovery.

oh my goodness!! poor guy! Prayers, vibes, exc all sent your way! I hope he feels better, and BTW you look WAY TOO young to have a son that old! :rolleye2:

ouchies. sorry to hear that happened to the little guy. Here's to a speedy recovery. Yeah I agree, I hope he had a boat load of the good candy (not the cheap stuff people like to give out) before that happened and he needs a new video game. :D keep us posted on how he is doing.

I soooooo agree bout the video game!!!

At first I thought you were going to say he got hit by a car... Thank God thats not the case.

I guess I am one of those over protective parents my sone is not allowed to leave my side at Halloween but then again he is only 7 so when he gets older I probly will let him run around ;)

But yah get them all those giant like 12 D cell mag-lights. those things will burn a hole in a wall. LOL :rolleye2:

And let him know hes got two sets of prayers coming from Texas!

Ow man, that had to hurt. Poor kid.. What a trooper, he must have a high pain tolerance!

Im praying for a speedy recovery!

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Originally Posted by lillyorchid

Awww poor guy! That must have hurt. Hope he recovers and is back out running around soon!

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Me too. He so wants to play basketball, and I hope he heals quickly enough to be able to play.

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Originally Posted by grunt_11b

Sorry to hear that happened. I just wanted to say he has to be one tough kid to break his knee cap and still walk!! Tell him he's in my thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery..

Alan

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No kidding right?! I really appreciate it Alan.

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Originally Posted by cassandra

Gaah...makes my old bad knees ache just thinking about it...

Um...tell him to cut back on red wine (red wine always kills my bad knee). :P

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I think it'll be hard to pull him off that bottle, but I'll try. :giggle: :P

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Originally Posted by Patrick Long

Oh damn.....


....he better have had a crap load of candy for that!!!!!!

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We have about 10lbs of candy in the house, so he should be pretty set. :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by dr del

Ow!

That sounds like it would nip a bit. :O

Best wishes for a speedy recovery - And I agree with Pat he better have got a good haul to make up for that with none of that yucky fruit stuff :zerb:


dr del

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Thanks Derek. Not only did he get the break but there's a pretty good scrape on top of his knee. He's feeling pretty good now that the brace is on, but I'm just sure he's going to topple over and break something else trying to use those crutches. :O

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Originally Posted by dprince

Poor guy!! :( I hope he makes a swift recovery.

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Thanks Debbie. It just breaks my heart that he's well... broken. :oops:

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Originally Posted by ADEE

oh my goodness!! poor guy! Prayers, vibes, exc all sent your way! I hope he feels better, and BTW you look WAY TOO young to have a son that old! :rolleye2:

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Thank you Ashley. I'm really hoping for a quick recovery, but we should find out more info tomorrow.

Oh and I LOVE YOU!!! I was 25 when I had him, so I ummm... well.... I definitely old enough :giggle:

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Originally Posted by Ladydragon

ouchies. sorry to hear that happened to the little guy. Here's to a speedy recovery. Yeah I agree, I hope he had a boat load of the good candy (not the cheap stuff people like to give out) before that happened and he needs a new video game. :D keep us posted on how he is doing.

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Thanks Doris.

I'm not looking forward to trying to drag him to the doctor's tomorrow. He's so my son, and is a bit clutzy. I swear we've already had 2 or 3 near misses on the crutches. (it's just easier to pick him up and put him where we want him)

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Originally Posted by hoax

I soooooo agree bout the video game!!!

At first I thought you were going to say he got hit by a car... Thank God thats not the case.

I guess I am one of those over protective parents my sone is not allowed to leave my side at Halloween but then again he is only 7 so when he gets older I probly will let him run around ;)

But yah get them all those giant like 12 D cell mag-lights. those things will burn a hole in a wall. LOL :rolleye2:

And let him know hes got two sets of prayers coming from Texas!

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I appreciate the prayers!

I told his father I'm blaming him. We had stopped to see my daughter's substitute teacher (who she's had for almost 3 months), and my husband decided to let them go to a few more houses. I had just caught up with them right as he went splat.

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Originally Posted by filly77

Ow man, that had to hurt. Poor kid.. What a trooper, he must have a high pain tolerance!

Im praying for a speedy recovery!

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No he really doesn't have a high tolerance for pain... not at all. There was a bit of swelling this morning, but otherwise it looks pretty good. Hopefully he'll be good as new soon.

It kinda sucks because the kids have the week off and we were going to go to the park and do some random things, but that's not likely with him being all gimpy.

I appreciate all the prayers and good wishes. Hopefully the doctor will have some good new for me tomorrow. :please:

Ouch! Glad to hear he is doing ok now. Hope he recovers fully and quickly!

Thanks Shannon. I'm off to the doctor, so keep your fingers crossed. (one for good news, and two that I don't break him more getting him into the office :oops: )

Ouch! I hope you get some good news at the Dr. today!

So, do we have a colored cast?

:please::please::please: Hope all goes well. :please::please::please:

All crossables crossed! ^_^ I hope he at least gets a fun colored cast that can be covered in doodles! Good luck with the doctor and the crutches! I know when I was on crutches I wiped out a couple of times, but nothing too bad. Just hurt pride :P Mostly it was when I was goofing around in the house. I was always really careful outside or when I went anywhere, and if I wasn't I had people making sure I was ^_^ I'm sure he will get the hang of them pretty quickly.

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Ouch! I hope you get some good news at the Dr. today!

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Yup good news!

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Originally Posted by snakecharmer3638

:please::please::please: Hope all goes well. :please::please::please:

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I appreciate it!

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Originally Posted by marmie

So, do we have a colored cast?

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Nope no cast! :w00t:

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Originally Posted by tweets_4611

All crossables crossed! ^_^ I hope he at least gets a fun colored cast that can be covered in doodles! Good luck with the doctor and the crutches! I know when I was on crutches I wiped out a couple of times, but nothing too bad. Just hurt pride :P Mostly it was when I was goofing around in the house. I was always really careful outside or when I went anywhere, and if I wasn't I had people making sure I was ^_^ I'm sure he will get the hang of them pretty quickly.

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Good news! There was a concern that he could have torn the ligament that holds the knee cap in place, but so far it looks like it's intact! He's also been given the green light to put as much weight on it as he can tolerate, which is good. He's now in a brace they usually put football players in, and what I see people wearing after knee surgeries. Apparently he's the smallest person that the doctor has ever fitted for one. :rolleyes:

Right now we're looking at 4 weeks minimum. So he'll be keeping it straight for two weeks and after that he'll hopefully go to limited movement with the brace still on. He may still need some physical therapy, but all in all I'm hopeful he'll be good as new. Thank goodness kids heal so quickly.

I can't tell you all how much your support helps. I feel so much better now that we've got a definite plan on what to expect.

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poor lil buddy i know how it feels to be disabled it sucks. hope all heals well

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Originally Posted by tigerlily

Good news! There was a concern that he could have torn the ligament that holds the knee cap in place, but so far it looks like it's intact! He's also been given the green light to put as much weight on it as he can tolerate, which is good. He's now in a brace they usually put football players in, and what I see people wearing after knee surgeries. Apparently he's the smallest person that the doctor has ever fitted for one. :rolleyes:

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Awesome!! So the kneecap is broken, but no ligaments are torn? Glad to hear he is on the quick road to recovery! :gj: My ex-bf was in one of those braces for a while when he tore that ligament (whatever it's called....I forget) and although it was a pain in the butt, he got used to it really quickly.

I take it he doesn't need the crutches much now either?

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Originally Posted by tweets_4611

Awesome!! So the kneecap is broken, but no ligaments are torn? Glad to hear he is on the quick road to recovery! :gj: My ex-bf was in one of those braces for a while when he tore that ligament (whatever it's called....I forget) and although it was a pain in the butt, he got used to it really quickly.

I take it he doesn't need the crutches much now either?

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I think it's the ACL ligament.

He still has to use the crutches, but he's really got it down now. The doctor was very patient showing him how to walk with them.

Ah ha! I knew what it was called but I couldn't remember :P

It's great that you have a doctor that is willing to help him like that. Glad to hear he doesn't have to just learn by tripping!

:banana: Yay!!!! No cast! Our daughter broke her arm twice (once at 8 and again at 9) and I think the cast was more of a nightmare for me than it was for her. Happy to say she's now 24 and the arm hasn't given her any trouble.

Glad to hear the great news.

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Originally Posted by tweets_4611

Ah ha! I knew what it was called but I couldn't remember :P

It's great that you have a doctor that is willing to help him like that. Glad to hear he doesn't have to just learn by tripping!

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I couldn't agree more. :yes:

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Originally Posted by marmie

:banana: Yay!!!! No cast! Our daughter broke her arm twice (once at 8 and again at 9) and I think the cast was more of a nightmare for me than it was for her. Happy to say she's now 24 and the arm hasn't given her any trouble.

Glad to hear the great news.

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Thanks Laurie. I hope Calvin is as fortunate as your daughter.

Here's a new pic, with the new brace. (although you can hardly see it since he's wearing black pants :rolleyes: )
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Oh my goodness!!!! Lots and lots of vibes coming your way!!!

Hahaha! What a QT smile! Looks like he's taking it all really well! Glad he's in the clear! :banana:

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Originally Posted by Isis

Oh my goodness!!!! Lots and lots of vibes coming your way!!!

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Thanks Stephanie.

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Originally Posted by Laooda

Hahaha! What a QT smile! Looks like he's taking it all really well! Glad he's in the clear! :banana:

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Actually he really IS taking it well. Now that I'm not too paranoid to let him move, he's all over the place again. (which is making me cringe, as it looks like it should hurt more than it apparently does :doh: )

I think it's probably a good thing that you are cringing more than him! :P hehe Glad to hear he's up and "running" around again! That's always a good sign on the road to recovery ^_^

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I think it's probably a good thing that you are cringing more than him! :P hehe Glad to hear he's up and "running" around again! That's always a good sign on the road to recovery ^_^

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Yeah, but he may not live long though. He and his sister are rough housing like there's no tomorrow. We're talking full out wrestling. If they don't manage to kill each other I may have to lock them in a closet or something! :taz: :slamhead:

Ouchie!!!! Aww he's a handsome one! That totally sucks about his knee... Atleast he didn't tear his ACL.... that HURTS sooooo bad! I hope everything mends in a timely manner for him! I send all my best wishes to your boy and you!

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Originally Posted by RoyalGuardian

Ouchie!!!! Aww he's a handsome one! That totally sucks about his knee... Atleast he didn't tear his ACL.... that HURTS sooooo bad! I hope everything mends in a timely manner for him! I send all my best wishes to your boy and you!

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Thanks Luna. He is a cutie. :love:

It's very weird that I haven't completely freaked out about this, but I keep thinking about how much worse it could have been. So now it just seems to be a blessing that it's only a fractured kneecap. :oops: