Guest guest Posted July 1, 2006 Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 Could the knee have dislocated a bit CAUSING her to fall on her butt? This has happened with my son,Tim 3 times. It is oh, so painful and he needs to do a lot of therapy when this happens. Brigid identifying pain Second send, first one didn't come through. It's funny only the group seems to be going slow for me, the other groups are doing just fine. Trisha can sign that she hurts but getting her to tell you " where " she hurts is another story altogether. Last week she came home from school and was crying and signing that she hurt. Of course she couldn't tell me where she hurt or how bad. We played the 20 questions of does your head hurt, your stomach etc. then I just started checking her out to rule anything else out when I came to her knee she cried and signed hurt. It was warm to the touch but not red and wasn't swollen that you could see by just looking at it but when you felt around the knee cap there was some swelling and the knee cap felt like there was water on it. Later I got a call from school telling me she had fallen at school, the thing is she fell on her butt not on her knees which makes me wonder if we are seeing the same problems developing that we had with her left leg and had to have surgery because the knee cap slide all the way to the side of her leg. We have an appointment to see the doctor next week to have the knee checked out. We know she has a high tolerance for pain so when she starts complaining I know it must really hurt. I'm just trying to figure out how to get her to tell us " Where " she hurts instead of just signing hurt. Anyone else have a similar problem? I really think she fell because of the knee, I don't think the knee was hurting from the fall. But I don't know that for sure. She let me put an ice pack on it so I know it was bothering her. She seems ok now unless she puts weight directly on top of the knee, like when she climbs onto the couch but the heat and swelling is gone. A social story won't help in this case because then if she hurts somewhere else she might indicate the wrong place, I made a chart but that doesn't describe things like nausea, cramps etc. I'm open for suggestions and creative ideas. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2006 Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 Well. Trisha's still ahead of on this too. She can't tell us something hurts -the best she can do is stick her foot in my face to be kissed if she stubs her toe or something. Just like a baby. She'll start groaning and moaning so that I know something is wrong...she doesn't get it at all when I ask tummy hurts? head hurts? etc. She just gets real groany and aggressive. She's still not all that good at recognizing her own body parts and I don't think she gets the idea of how to localize where the pain is...she only knows she hurts. We've spent years starting from the top..ears, dentist, etc. and working our way down to try and find out what is wrong. The problem is I don't think she really understands what it's like not to hurt after all she's been thru. Hope you figure it out with trisha! Sherry sipping virtual champagne and getting ready to eat an entire calorie free virtual cheesecake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2006 Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 In a message dated 7/1/2006 4:53:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, absull@... writes: Could the knee have dislocated a bit CAUSING her to fall on her butt? This has happened with my son,Tim 3 times. It is oh, so painful and he needs to do a lot of therapy when this happens. it's very possible. When her knee on her left leg dislocated it was severe requiring more surgery than they originally thought they would have to do. I don't want a repeat of that if we can avoid it. Carol Trishasmom She isn't typical, She's Trisha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 1, 2006 Report Share Posted July 1, 2006 Hi Carol, I'm not too creative but I hope Trisha's knee will be ok. It does sound very painful. Charlyne Mom to Zeb 13 DS/OCD/ASD? Csvillars@... wrote: Second send, first one didn't come through. It's funny only the group seems to be going slow for me, the other groups are doing just fine. Trisha can sign that she hurts but getting her to tell you " where " she hurts is another story altogether. Last week she came home from school and was crying and signing that she hurt. Of course she couldn't tell me where she hurt or how bad. We played the 20 questions of does your head hurt, your stomach etc. then I just started checking her out to rule anything else out when I came to her knee she cried and signed hurt. It was warm to the touch but not red and wasn't swollen that you could see by just looking at it but when you felt around the knee cap there was some swelling and the knee cap felt like there was water on it. Later I got a call from school telling me she had fallen at school, the thing is she fell on her butt not on her knees which makes me wonder if we are seeing the same problems developing that we had with her left leg and had to have surgery because the knee cap slide all the way to the side of her leg. We have an appointment to see the doctor next week to have the knee checked out. We know she has a high tolerance for pain so when she starts complaining I know it must really hurt. I'm just trying to figure out how to get her to tell us " Where " she hurts instead of just signing hurt. Anyone else have a similar problem? I really think she fell because of the knee, I don't think the knee was hurting from the fall. But I don't know that for sure. She let me put an ice pack on it so I know it was bothering her. She seems ok now unless she puts weight directly on top of the knee, like when she climbs onto the couch but the heat and swelling is gone. A social story won't help in this case because then if she hurts somewhere else she might indicate the wrong place, I made a chart but that doesn't describe things like nausea, cramps etc. I'm open for suggestions and creative ideas. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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