Today, the Orthopaedic surgeon came to see her. The break is a bad one and the surgeon offered two choices: the first was to have anaesthetised her and set the bones in theatre. The second was that the arm be plastered as it is. As the break is a bad one the cast would be on for 10 weeks rather than the usual 6 weeks and when the plaster comes off her arm will be misshapen by 20 degrees but as she is growing so quickly, the body will have automatically corrected it within 6 months. After discussing it, Nigel felt that it would be better not to anaesthetise her. She wasn't coping with being Nil Per Mouth and she had had an odd reaction to the morphine. Her mum has the same reaction and reacts very weirdly to anaesthetic so they felt all round it would be wise to adopt a conservative treatment approach. The surgeon then said that if it was his child, he would have made the same choice.
When all is said and done, we think it is the best decision and overall, we are very happy with the treatment at the hospital. The only unpleasant thing is that initially the Dr in A and E made her suspicions very clear that she thought Wendy might have been abused. However, the x-rays backed up her parents account, and there were five adults in the flat when the accident happened and if one of the adults was angry enough to break a baby's bones, one of the others would surely have noticed it. Four of the adults who were present went to A and E with Wendy - Michelle, Richard, Caelyn and Nigel.
Wendy is a bit pale and reluctant to eat (although she is drinking well) but she is happy and fine, as you can see in these photos. Thanks be to God.
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