Son fractured wrist!

Janet · 05-11-2007, 10:20 AM

I called the Dr first thing this morning and since he hadn't gotten back with me I called them. It's after 2 PM and he hadn't even listened to his calls yet. I'm suppose to call back after my bus route. I just don't get the medical profession around here. I know they are busy, but can't someone else in the office listen and let him know about the important ones? If my son's wrist is completely broke, he'll probably have to wait until Monday now to have a cast on it. I'm not a happy camper at this moment ladies!!

Lissa · 05-11-2007, 10:23 AM

Goodness! I wouldn't be either! I got a cast the same day I broke my arm, and braces for both times I broke my ankle the day after. Is there anyway you can get him in to see a doctor today?

AngieDoogles · 05-11-2007, 10:36 AM

Yikes, I wouldn't be happy with that either Janet. I really hope you are able to get it taken care of asap. Maybe they will call you back soon...

Tink · 05-11-2007, 10:44 AM

Janet, it sounds like they simply don't communicate very well with their patients which stinks.

If Ricks wrist is broken, they would want to let all the swelling go down before putting a plaster cast on it. This way it will be a better, more effective fit. He should have an adjustable splint on it until that time. As long as the wrist is immobilized by a splint it should be fine to wait until Monday, if need be, but they certainly should have told you that!

Janet · 05-11-2007, 12:20 PM

okay ladies, I just talked with the Dr. It is now 10 after 4 PM. He has broken a bone in his hand and can not go to the orthopedic Dr. until Mon. or Tues., can you believe that? His hand and wrist is immobilized, but the idea of waiting!!! So now he'll have to go to school on Monday and they'll call first thing to let me know when I can get him in. They are going to get an earful by the time it's all said and done. I think this is ridiculous!!

Thanks Tink, I didn't think about the swelling needing to go down, but yes..they should have told me what to expect. I guess if I would have went to a city south of ours, they put casts on in the ER. Heaven help the accident victims. From now on, we will not be going to the hospital in our city. Not worth it to me!!

Mandy · 05-11-2007, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Janet

okay ladies, I just talked with the Dr. It is now 10 after 4 PM. He has broken a bone in his hand and can not go to the orthopedic Dr. until Mon. or Tues., can you believe that? His hand and wrist is immobilized, but the idea of waiting!!! So now he'll have to go to school on Monday and they'll call first thing to let me know when I can get him in. They are going to get an earful by the time it's all said and done. I think this is ridiculous!!

Thanks Tink, I didn't think about the swelling needing to go down, but yes..they should have told me what to expect. I guess if I would have went to a city south of ours, they put casts on in the ER. Heaven help the accident victims. From now on, we will not be going to the hospital in our city. Not worth it to me!!

My goodness, Janet, that IS ridiculous!! Cant you take your son to the ER over the weekend, and tell them what your Dr. said, but you are not willing to wait till monday?

AngieDoogles · 05-11-2007, 12:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Mandy

My goodness, Janet, that IS ridiculous!! Cant you take your son to the ER over the weekend, and tell them what your Dr. said, but you are not willing to wait till monday?

I agree. Maybe the other hospital will handle this in a more appropriate manner. I hope that your son is feeling better and the medication is still working.

Janet · 05-11-2007, 01:07 PM

I took him to the ER yesterday. Our hospital doesn't do casts. I just can't believe that. We will wait until Monday. Maybe by then I'll calm down a little bit and they won't have to haul me off.....LOL

05-11-2007, 10:20 AM	#1
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,625	I called the Dr first thing this morning and since he hadn't gotten back with me I called them. It's after 2 PM and he hadn't even listened to his calls yet. I'm suppose to call back after my bus route. I just don't get the medical profession around here. I know they are busy, but can't someone else in the office listen and let him know about the important ones? If my son's wrist is completely broke, he'll probably have to wait until Monday now to have a cast on it. I'm not a happy camper at this moment ladies!! __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

05-11-2007, 10:23 AM	#2
Lissa Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South and Central Texas Posts: 337	Goodness! I wouldn't be either! I got a cast the same day I broke my arm, and braces for both times I broke my ankle the day after. Is there anyway you can get him in to see a doctor today? __________________ Marilyn's Disappearing Daughter!! Cake or Death, Melissa "Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God you may receive what is promised." Heb 10:35-36

05-11-2007, 10:36 AM	#3
AngieDoogles Donating 4WT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,509	Yikes, I wouldn't be happy with that either Janet. I really hope you are able to get it taken care of asap. Maybe they will call you back soon... __________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~MT

05-11-2007, 10:44 AM	#4
Tink Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rural Wisconsin Posts: 3,707	Janet, it sounds like they simply don't communicate very well with their patients which stinks. If Ricks wrist is broken, they would want to let all the swelling go down before putting a plaster cast on it. This way it will be a better, more effective fit. He should have an adjustable splint on it until that time. As long as the wrist is immobilized by a splint it should be fine to wait until Monday, if need be, but they certainly should have told you that! __________________ 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.' England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair'

05-11-2007, 12:20 PM	#5
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,625	okay ladies, I just talked with the Dr. It is now 10 after 4 PM. He has broken a bone in his hand and can not go to the orthopedic Dr. until Mon. or Tues., can you believe that? His hand and wrist is immobilized, but the idea of waiting!!! So now he'll have to go to school on Monday and they'll call first thing to let me know when I can get him in. They are going to get an earful by the time it's all said and done. I think this is ridiculous!! Thanks Tink, I didn't think about the swelling needing to go down, but yes..they should have told me what to expect. I guess if I would have went to a city south of ours, they put casts on in the ER. Heaven help the accident victims. From now on, we will not be going to the hospital in our city. Not worth it to me!! __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

05-11-2007, 01:07 PM	#8
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,625	I took him to the ER yesterday. Our hospital doesn't do casts. I just can't believe that. We will wait until Monday. Maybe by then I'll calm down a little bit and they won't have to haul me off.....LOL __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

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