I admit, I'm probably wrong for interfering, but... My son broke his finger two weeks ago, they put…

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I admit, I'm probably wrong for interfering, but... My son broke his finger two weeks ago, they put a cast on him, and told us to come back for a check-up today. And today, the doctor starts lecturing me, saying the cast is broken. I replied that he must have been playing around, and that's what happened. Honestly, the cast didn't break or feel loose in a way that I would have noticed. So he jokingly says to my son, "If you break it again, I'll cast it so tight you won't be able to get out." I thought he was joking and let it go. By the way, he's not Russian, so it's hard to tell from his intonation if he's joking or not. In general, this doctor is the most unpleasant and toxic of all; he's always complaining, and I always try to avoid him, but today, the one who was supposed to see us must have been sick. They sent him to get a new cast. My son comes out, and the cast completely covers his wrist joint. I'm just in shock. So, after two weeks, not only is the broken finger immobilized, but the entire cast is... I'm thinking of sending my husband later this week to change all this. I don't even want to go back to him myself. Damn it, I'm just angry! We've never had this with injuries before, and this stupid cast keeps crumbling, especially on a child.
Кто из вас продавал через ВБ ресейлом? У меня тут заказали вещь. И вот думаю, на Авито я не разрешаю…
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Agapova Inna
So you think the doctor is just being overly cautious about the cast, and it's actually not needed? 🤔
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Savina Mari
Why get angry? A fracture doesn't heal easily, especially if you break the cast. It's better to endure and wait for it to fully heal than to remove the cast and be on sick leave for two months.
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Ulyana
Savina Mari What sick leave, what are you talking about 🤦🏻️
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Elena
My older son also has a broken finger, with a cast up to his elbow, but only on the lower part, and a pin in the finger. He needs bandage changes twice a week. A friend was sitting with us in line, and her son has 4 broken fingers, and his cast is all the way around his arm, also up to his elbow.
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Gavrish Oksana
I'm so sorry to hear that.
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Agapova Inna
Agapova Inna Of course, if he broke the previous one, then the arm needs to be immobilized more firmly.
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Ulyana
Elena And what's the bandage for?
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Elena
Elena Displaced fracture, a pin was inserted into my finger and it's sticking out the side. I need to clean the area.
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Savina Mari
Savina Mari Does your child with a broken finger go to school? I'm just speaking from my own experience, I was on sick leave for a month with a broken finger and didn't go to work. With my first broken shoulder, I was on sick leave for two months back in school, the cast went up to my chest like a tank top. With my second broken shoulder, I was on sick leave again for 1.5 months, and again, I didn't go to work.
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Ulyana
Agapova Inna I think the cast needs to be mixed properly, not just applied to the arm. If it's done weakly like this, the result will be the same. It's strange not to understand this.
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Nadezhda
I don't have a medical background, so I think the doctor knows best how to do things since they have the education. :)
The most important thing is that the finger heals correctly so it doesn't have to be broken again; everything else is minor. The child can wear a cast for a couple more weeks, I don't see anything wrong with that. The finger is small, and the cast doesn't hold well, so they put a cast on the whole hand, IMHO
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Ulyana
Elena Horrible 😧
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Ulyana
Savina Mari No one even suggests sick leave for a finger injury, only exemption from physical education.
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Agapova Inna
Agapova Inna You get what you pay for with plaster. Bring your own, maybe it'll be stronger.🤷
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Agapova Inna
Agapova Inna You get what you pay for with plaster. Bring your own if you want it to be stronger.🤷
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Ulyana
Elena So it's clear why the cast is higher. We only have a finger, no spokes. All the times my kids or my friends' kids broke something, the cast wasn't done this high
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Savina Mari
Savina Mari Wow, that's surprising... it just doesn't feel right to me, he's a boy, so active, how can that be?
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Ulyana
Agapova Inna No, it depends on how you mix it. Unfortunately, this isn't our first time dealing with this, but it's the first time we've encountered this kind of crap.
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Ulyana
Nadezhda The whole hand and it was, now the joint and above are in a cast
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Anna
Oh, I had a similar experience once 🫣 My son was 1.5 years old and fell, and it was clear his arm hurt. He kept protecting it, not even grabbing the railing with it. We went to the emergency room, and he started crying, clinging to his dad's pants. Seeing this, the doctor said, “Nothing's broken, look how he's clinging to his dad!” Then he looked at me and asked, “Are we doing an X-ray?” I replied, “Yes, we are. Since we came all the way here and waited in line, let's do the X-ray so I can sleep soundly.” To which he retorted, “These moms just want to irradiate their kids.” Uh… Well, there was a fracture on the X-ray 🤦️🤷️
Anyway, they put his arm in a cast. He slept with the cast for one night, and in the morning, I saw he had taken it off and was already without it 🤦️🤦️🤦️ So I rushed back to the ER, damn it, the lecture I got from the doctor… First, why didn't I bring the cast he took off? They weren't going to make a new cast every day (honestly, I never thought they'd consider re-casting him with the old one he removed 🤷️), and that I should actually take him to bed with me at night and make sure he didn't take the cast off, unbelievable… Anyway, he really yelled at me, but he did put on a new one that also covered his elbow, meaning it wasn't so easy to remove this time))) We successfully kept it on until it healed. But that attitude, wow.
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Olga
Agapova Inna The cast doesn't bother me now. The bandages are already in the cast and they are just soaking and casting them.
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Olga
If you don't want it to crumble, buy self-adhesive bandages and wrap over it, or go to a place that uses the more expensive polymer cast. If the doctor decided to apply more, it means it's better that way, so it doesn't break again. These are kids. It's in your best interest for the fracture to heal properly.
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Ulyana
Agapova Inna So it means they didn't put enough in – the first time it was watery, but this time it's nice and thick.
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Nadezhda
Nadezhda What a caring orthopedist 😀
You should be happy that he's so concerned about your son's fracture, instead of getting upset.
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Ulyana
Nadezhda Immobilizing a healthy joint for two weeks - do you even understand what that means?
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Olga
Agapova Inna There are standard layers for bandages. The doctor applies them hoping to make it less heavy for the baby to wear, but they often break easily.

P.S. I work in pediatric traumatology.
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Nadezhda
Nadezhda Nothing will happen to this joint in two weeks. Moreover, after the cast is removed, you'll need to protect your finger for another month and not be too active with that hand.
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Olga
Agapova Inna Yeah, there are some like that :) It's just their job, not a very grateful one :) That's why they grumble.
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Ulyana
Agapova Inna You know, both my kids are athletes, and all sorts of things have happened. I'm saying this because we've seen every orthopedist in our PC, and this is the only negative experience I've had with a doctor like this, and I'm not the only one, by the way. The others are very positive, and it's nice to see them.
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Tamasyan Yuliya
The traumatologist did everything correctly. I had a broken ankle, and they put a cast up to my knee to fully unload the joint and immobilize my leg as much as possible. Naturally, I didn't like it either, so I replaced the cast with an orthosis, with the traumatologist's permission. You can do that too. A cast is so last century. Or you can switch to a plastic one. It'll cost extra, of course.
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Tamasyan Yuliya
Anna Well, bringing the old cast was definitely overkill, but otherwise, it's constructive criticism. Of course, the 1.5-year-old baby should have been brought to sleep with you and watched so they wouldn't remove the cast. A friend of mine wrote about her child breaking a bone at one year old, and she also kept a close eye. A child this age isn't yet able to understand that they shouldn't remove the cast. Later, it was replaced with a plastic one, which fits like a second skin.
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Anna Olefirenko
A long time ago, my older son tore the tendons in his finger playing sports. They put it in a splint, but at a follow-up appointment, they discovered it had been put on incorrectly. They had to break it and reset it. In the end, he was in the splint for about two months. But afterwards, the doctor told him it wasn't the most important finger in his life 🤣
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Ulyana
Anna Olefirenko When my son broke his toe (the one in the foot), they said it was very important for it to heal well to avoid future orthopedic problems. It was just the edge near the little toe. But he was a very positive, good doctor, never aggressive, always pleasant to talk to.
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