My 5 year old
daughter fell from a swing and broke her
left humerus,
near the elbow. It was called a
supracondylar fracture. The break was
right above the growth plate. The
pediatric orthopedic surgeon performed
surgery (he did not have to make
incisions, it was a closed reduction.)
He put 2 pins through the bones
(crosswise.) It has been one week and
no matter how hard I try, my daughter
keeps running around, getting her
arm bumped and jarred. I am so worried
this will cause the bones to
shift or not heal properly. Could running
cause the broken bones to shift
apart? Or will the pins keep them tightly
secure, even with running or
bouncing? I am very worried. Her arm is
in a splint, not a cast. They
do this because they remove the pins at 3
weeks (so they say).
