busymom
19-09-2005, 02:28 PM
Hello all
My 10 year old son hurt his ankle while at youth football. We took him to the er and the x-ray showed the two plates on the right ankle werent lined up. The Doctor said the growth plate was shifted. they put a fiber glass spint on and also was given crutches. The Dr then said follow up with ortho... I called primary Dr as I needed his refferral for the ortho and he said the radiology intail report said probably negitive for fracture although that was not the final report, primary Dr said wait a couple of days then take splint off and start walking on it.. said nothing about going to ortho Dr.. Im not sure what is going on now. I saw the x-ray in the er and she explained what we were looking at.. is it posible the x-ray was wrong?? Should I take my son to the ortho Dr anyways just to be sure since thats what they specialize in.
I will give a little more info on the injury. 2 weeks before the er visit he came home from practice and said his ankle hurt because he got tackled and someone landed on his foot there was no swelling. The next day he said nothing about any pain. five days ago during warm ups his ankle was hurting alot and he ended up sitting out of practice.. coach advised we take him in to the er and have it checked so we did.. Now Im not sure if anything is wrong or not.. any feedback on this?
Thanks busymom
My 10 year old son hurt his ankle while at youth football. We took him to the er and the x-ray showed the two plates on the right ankle werent lined up. The Doctor said the growth plate was shifted. they put a fiber glass spint on and also was given crutches. The Dr then said follow up with ortho... I called primary Dr as I needed his refferral for the ortho and he said the radiology intail report said probably negitive for fracture although that was not the final report, primary Dr said wait a couple of days then take splint off and start walking on it.. said nothing about going to ortho Dr.. Im not sure what is going on now. I saw the x-ray in the er and she explained what we were looking at.. is it posible the x-ray was wrong?? Should I take my son to the ortho Dr anyways just to be sure since thats what they specialize in.
I will give a little more info on the injury. 2 weeks before the er visit he came home from practice and said his ankle hurt because he got tackled and someone landed on his foot there was no swelling. The next day he said nothing about any pain. five days ago during warm ups his ankle was hurting alot and he ended up sitting out of practice.. coach advised we take him in to the er and have it checked so we did.. Now Im not sure if anything is wrong or not.. any feedback on this?
Thanks busymom