[tri-med] Re: Nicholas - my china doll

oh gosh it sounds like bad osteoporosis!  luckily kam has only had the 1 
femur break but it was a huge hassle handling her in the cast.  good luck to 
you and your back dear!
jude, mom to derek-20 (copper mtn ski resort employee), kelsey-18 (going to 
unm to be a pt)
and kameron-9-full t18 (hanging out so i will never be an empty nester)
golden, colorado usa
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark & Jayne Wright" <jm.wright@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> Well, we just got out of the hospital again!  Nicholas woke up Monday 
> morning crying and when I went to change his diaper, his left knee was 
> swollen.  I called Mark at work and we took him to the ER.  He has a left 
> femur fracture and a right tibia fracture.  All along his pain that week 
> while we were in the hospital was a right femur and tibia fracture.  The 
> doctor said on the right leg it was at least a two week old break and the 
> one on the left femur is a fresh break.  Five doctors couldn't figure out 
> he had leg fractures when we were there last!  UGH!  The bone scan didn't 
> show it either.  Well, now he is in a double cast on both legs from the 
> thigh to the tips of his cute little toes with two bars across it.  They 
> have referred us to an endocrinologist to see if he is absorbing his 
> nutrients and vitamins in the right way.  He ordered blood work before we 
> left the hospital and said that he shouldn't be getting any testosterone 
> shots until age 13.  His urologist had suggest
> ed it as maybe a way to help his bones. They also want us to see a 
> geneticist to see if he has any answers.  They did notice on the x-rays 
> that he doesn't have enough bone density, so he is scheduled for a bone 
> density scan in two weeks.  He will be in this cast for 3 weeks and then 
> change to a lighter cast (stabilizer) because ortho doesn't want the cast 
> to break any more bones.

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