Casey’s Broken Leg

Casey broke her leg in July of this year and it was a little scary because Christy and I have never broken any bones up to this point.  We didn’t know what this would be like and we were kind of dreading having a toddler with a cast.  She rolled with it and was walking on it with a great amount of confidence in just a few days.  The big lesson we learned in this was that you should always ask questions when you are visiting a doctor or nurse practitioner.  They are human and can miss things like anyone else.  In our case, the urgent care we took Casey to the day after her fall missed the break even though they took several X-rays of the effected area.  It wasn’t until 2 days later that I got a call that the radiologist found a fracture.  In the mean time, Casey was completely unwilling to put any weight on her leg and understandably so.

Here is the original X-ray from the urgent care.  I cropped the image and added the yellow arrows to help you spot the fracture.  You can click on it to get a full rez image.  Its possible that if I had asked to see the film that day at the urgent care I might have seen the fracture and asked what it was.  Just keep that in mind the next time you visit any health care pro, any mechanic, anybody that comes into do work on your home.  Ask lots of questions.