cadybearsmommy
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- Dec 31, 2010
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Preface: She is seeing orthopedic elbow specialist tomorrow, so not looking for medical advice.
I really feel like the mother of the year right now! DD has had what she describes as "very mild elbow pain" over the last week or so. She didn't fall or have any kind of traumatic impact to the elbow, so I figured it was overuse, swelling was there but very mild, no bruising. She's done a lot of resting, icing and has worn a compression sleeve to gymnastics for a little support. With the compression sleeve she had NO pain while working out. I did have the coach modify her workouts to reduce repetitions that would be pounding on the elbow. With that being said, she has still been doing SOME tumbling and vaulting over the past week, just less. I called late last week when it was still bothering her some upon waking in the morning and made her an appointment for today.
Going into the appointment today, I figured we were dealing with some tendonitis, or tennis elbow type thing, something overuse related. The main thing I was worried about was elbow OCD since it's common in gymnasts. But nope.....she has a displaced fracture of the olecranon process (according to the radiology report.) I was shocked! How could she fracture her elbow without realizing it, let alone do gymnastics on it for a week? She still cannot remember any fall or trauma to the elbow. I feel so awful for not taking her in sooner and letting her work out on it. Ugh!
Has anyone had any experience with this kind of fracture that might want to give me a heads up about what we are walking into at the ortho tomorrow? I know they will probably cast her, but wondering how long and if surgery will be necessary?
DD is supposed to start competing in January, now it looks like she might be out this season. She's really upset and to top it all off she's sick (cold causing major asthma flare up.)
What a day!
I really feel like the mother of the year right now! DD has had what she describes as "very mild elbow pain" over the last week or so. She didn't fall or have any kind of traumatic impact to the elbow, so I figured it was overuse, swelling was there but very mild, no bruising. She's done a lot of resting, icing and has worn a compression sleeve to gymnastics for a little support. With the compression sleeve she had NO pain while working out. I did have the coach modify her workouts to reduce repetitions that would be pounding on the elbow. With that being said, she has still been doing SOME tumbling and vaulting over the past week, just less. I called late last week when it was still bothering her some upon waking in the morning and made her an appointment for today.
Going into the appointment today, I figured we were dealing with some tendonitis, or tennis elbow type thing, something overuse related. The main thing I was worried about was elbow OCD since it's common in gymnasts. But nope.....she has a displaced fracture of the olecranon process (according to the radiology report.) I was shocked! How could she fracture her elbow without realizing it, let alone do gymnastics on it for a week? She still cannot remember any fall or trauma to the elbow. I feel so awful for not taking her in sooner and letting her work out on it. Ugh!
Has anyone had any experience with this kind of fracture that might want to give me a heads up about what we are walking into at the ortho tomorrow? I know they will probably cast her, but wondering how long and if surgery will be necessary?
DD is supposed to start competing in January, now it looks like she might be out this season. She's really upset and to top it all off she's sick (cold causing major asthma flare up.)
What a day!
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