Re: Falls & More plaster....

[Guest guest]

Katrina

The falls do get better - you will be surprised at how strong her core will be

once she gets used to the weight of the cast - It took about a month for us in

the first cast before Londynn had gained enough strength and balance to keep us

from following her everywhere she went - she did have several hard falls,

thankfully no broken bones - hang in there - it will get better!

Cyndy

>

> Hi Everyone, happy NY to all. On holidays at the in-laws over Christmas,

Isabelle (in cast for just over a week and sleeping in a double bed) took a

tumble out of bed and must have tried to brace herself with her arms and now we

have one broken arm in plaster. It was 38 degrees in Melbourne today - poor

darling has more surfaces covered in plaster than without.

>

> She is falling over quite a lot (even prior to the arm broken) - both forward

onto knees/arms and backwards like a tree falling.

>

> Thinking we may need to do knee and wrist guards, aka skate board style if

balance does not improve.

>

> Any other options anyone has used to help with the falls? Does the balance

get better?

>

> At 2.5 years she's naturally wanting to still run everywhere and doesn't want

to slow down/hold hands/stay in the pram.

>

> Katrina

>

> Mum to Isabelle (2.5 years, 73 degree upper thoracic curve + spinal cord

atrophy, down to mid 30's degree in 1st cast)

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Katrina,

Sorry, lil Isabelle broke her arm! I think we saw 2 cast kiddos break

their arms in 2010 and I had never seen this in years prior. This will

probably become more prevalent as more kiddos have access to Early

Treatment w/ EDf casting. I've noticed that balance does seem to get

better as the spine improves/corrects and hope this will also be the case

with Lil Isabelle!

Sincerely,

HRH

> Hi Everyone, happy NY to all. On holidays at the in-laws over Christmas,

> Isabelle (in cast for just over a week and sleeping in a double bed) took

> a tumble out of bed and must have tried to brace herself with her arms and

> now we have one broken arm in plaster. It was 38 degrees in Melbourne

> today - poor darling has more surfaces covered in plaster than without.

>

> She is falling over quite a lot (even prior to the arm broken) - both

> forward onto knees/arms and backwards like a tree falling.

>

> Thinking we may need to do knee and wrist guards, aka skate board style if

> balance does not improve.

>

> Any other options anyone has used to help with the falls? Does the

> balance get better?

>

> At 2.5 years she's naturally wanting to still run everywhere and doesn't

> want to slow down/hold hands/stay in the pram.

>

> Katrina

>

> Mum to Isabelle (2.5 years, 73 degree upper thoracic curve + spinal cord

> atrophy, down to mid 30's degree in 1st cast)

>

>

[Guest guest]

Oh my gosh, you are not the first to have a little one in 2 casts- we have had 2 or 3 on the group!The balance in the cast across the boards of age is the worst in the first cast- they gradually get used to it. Usually takes around 2-3 weeks, our guy was stuck on the floor like a turtle at first and couldn't get down on the ground and back up- he's a pro now and has no downtime either in or out of casts. We stayed close by and used those colorful number and letter mats that fit together like a puzzle, also we made a playpen with plastic gates with the mat and toys/books inside of it.Heidi, Bexon's Mommy, (3.5 years old, in 9th cast from Salt Lake City Shriners, currently down from 63 degrees to 14.6 in cast. You can read Bexon's Story on www.GirltoMom.com)From: kat140472 <katrina.hall@...>infantile scoliosis treatment Sent: Fri, January 7, 2011 3:12:09 AMSubject: Falls & More plaster....

Hi Everyone, happy NY to all. On holidays at the in-laws over Christmas, Isabelle (in cast for just over a week and sleeping in a double bed) took a tumble out of bed and must have tried to brace herself with her arms and now we have one broken arm in plaster. It was 38 degrees in Melbourne today - poor darling has more surfaces covered in plaster than without.

She is falling over quite a lot (even prior to the arm broken) - both forward onto knees/arms and backwards like a tree falling.

Thinking we may need to do knee and wrist guards, aka skate board style if balance does not improve.

Any other options anyone has used to help with the falls? Does the balance get better?

At 2.5 years she's naturally wanting to still run everywhere and doesn't want to slow down/hold hands/stay in the pram.

Katrina

Mum to Isabelle (2.5 years, 73 degree upper thoracic curve + spinal cord atrophy, down to mid 30's degree in 1st cast)

[Guest guest]

I'm a little late in answering but my little Isabella was one of the kids to break her arm this past spring. She broke her forearm in 2 places and had to be put under to reset the arm. She was in the ER 4x in 3 months for falls because when she starts to fall, she falls forward and quickly. I've become a "Hover Mother" because of all the falls, there's not much else you can do. Good luck!!! Patty, mom of Isabella, 3 years old, in 8th scoli cast (Rochester) & mom to (9) & Evan(6)From: NIck Guthe <nickguthe@...>infantile scoliosis treatment Sent: Fri, January 7, 2011 6:15:10 PMSubject: Re: Falls & More plaster....

Oh my gosh, you are not the first to have a little one in 2 casts- we have had 2 or 3 on the group!The balance in the cast across the boards of age is the worst in the first cast- they gradually get used to it. Usually takes around 2-3 weeks, our guy was stuck on the floor like a turtle at first and couldn't get down on the ground and back up- he's a pro now and has no downtime either in or out of casts. We stayed close by and used those colorful number and letter mats that fit together like a puzzle, also we made a playpen with plastic gates with the mat and toys/books inside of it.Heidi, Bexon's Mommy, (3.5 years old, in 9th cast from Salt Lake City Shriners, currently down from 63 degrees to 14.6 in cast. You can read Bexon's Story on www.GirltoMom.com)From: kat140472 <katrina.hall@...>infantile scoliosis treatment Sent: Fri, January 7, 2011 3:12:09 AMSubject: Falls & More plaster....

Hi Everyone, happy NY to all. On holidays at the in-laws over Christmas, Isabelle (in cast for just over a week and sleeping in a double bed) took a tumble out of bed and must have tried to brace herself with her arms and now we have one broken arm in plaster. It was 38 degrees in Melbourne today - poor darling has more surfaces covered in plaster than without.

She is falling over quite a lot (even prior to the arm broken) - both forward onto knees/arms and backwards like a tree falling.

Thinking we may need to do knee and wrist guards, aka skate board style if balance does not improve.

Any other options anyone has used to help with the falls? Does the balance get better?

At 2.5 years she's naturally wanting to still run everywhere and doesn't want to slow down/hold hands/stay in the pram.

Katrina

Mum to Isabelle (2.5 years, 73 degree upper thoracic curve + spinal cord atrophy, down to mid 30's degree in 1st cast)