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Hip Spica Cast: Info for the Worried Parent: 13 Hip Spica Cast Questions Answered
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Hip Spica Cast: Info for the Worried Parent. Thursday, March 19, 2009. 13 Hip Spica Cast Questions Answered. I have a 5-year-old who'll soon be in a spica cast for the 2nd time (Kyle was born with congenital hip dysplasia). This time will be so different from his casting as an infant. I just want us to prepare ourselves for what's around the corner - as much as anyone can prepare themselves for this sort of thing. 1 Activities in the cast - do you have ideas for me? They will ask your son the same questi...
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Hip Spica Cast: Info for the Worried Parent: Itchy Hip Spica Cast Relief
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Hip Spica Cast: Info for the Worried Parent. Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Itchy Hip Spica Cast Relief. A reader finds a way to relieve the unbearable itch his son suffers in his spica cast:. Back in February of this year my son Jack was playing with his friends in the gym and took a bad step and suffered a spiral fracture. To his left femur. Long story short, he was placed in a Spica cast. And came home from the hospital a couple of days later. At the time he was 3 years old. I hope this helps. Hip Spica Cast...
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Hip Spica Cast: Info for the Worried Parent: Moving Around with the Cast and After Cast Removal
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Hip Spica Cast: Info for the Worried Parent. Tuesday, January 11, 2011. Moving Around with the Cast and After Cast Removal. I was curious what your and other readers' experiences were when a child will start to walk post-cast removal. My son's cast went to his ankles in both legs and we are 6 days post-cast. Last night he even crawled up into her. Did you notice the same thing with your boys? As an aside, my son NEVER learned to crawl in his cast or move around at all other than a little spinning on his ...
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Hip Spica Cast: Info for the Worried Parent: Exercises After Hip Spica Cast is Removed
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Hip Spica Cast: Info for the Worried Parent. Friday, November 20, 2009. Exercises After Hip Spica Cast is Removed. I just want to know what type of exercises the physical therapist recommended for your son Akira. My son's hip spica cast has already been removed. Please advise. First of all, please note that according to The Children's Hospital and Research Center Oakland (California). It is difficult to describe the exercises without pictures, but they were all designed to strengthen muscles through repe...
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Hip Spica Cast: Info for the Worried Parent: A Little Girl's Hip Spica Cast Experience
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Hip Spica Cast: Info for the Worried Parent. Thursday, April 1, 2010. A Little Girl's Hip Spica Cast Experience. Ali's 3.5 year old daughter, Menat Allah, in her hip spica cast. Your blog was a great help for my family, thus I want to contribute. I suggest you add more X-rays to show different cases and how long it took to heal. How did she break her leg? When we arrived they performed an X-ray and told us that her femur was broken, and that we had two options:. 2) put her in a hip spica cast. After appl...
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Hip Spica Cast: Info for the Worried Parent: If Your Child Pees in the Hip Spica Cast
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Hip Spica Cast: Info for the Worried Parent. Saturday, May 23, 2009. If Your Child Pees in the Hip Spica Cast. Another email from a reader:. Hello I was reading your blog about your son being in a hip spica cast. My daughter is 2 1/2 and broke her femur April 18th. They hope to be able to take the cast off on June 9th. The other night she wet through her diaper and got the inside of the cast wet and now it smells bad. What did you do to get the urine smell out of Akira's cast? I think the cast finally dr...
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Hip Spica Cast: Info for the Worried Parent: Son Won't Bend Leg After Spica Cast Removed
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Hip Spica Cast: Info for the Worried Parent. Monday, April 26, 2010. Son Won't Bend Leg After Spica Cast Removed. My son is just two years old. He was in a hip spica cast for four weeks and in leg traction for two and a half weeks in hospital. His plaster came off this Tuesday, Nov. 11, but his leg is still as stiff and straight as it was when it was still in the plaster (cast). He is not bending it at all. When the surgeon took off my son's cast, he told us specifically not. If so, make sure your son se...
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Hip Spica Cast: Info for the Worried Parent: After the Spica Cast Comes Off
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Hip Spica Cast: Info for the Worried Parent. Wednesday, September 22, 2010. After the Spica Cast Comes Off. I just can't thank you enough for the information you've provided me with. I've been searching the Web like crazy, and most of the stuff I've read is irrelevant! My son also fractured his femur, but it was due to a bone cyst that he was apparently born with, but that we didn't know about until he had his fall. He is 5 and a half, by the way. I hope your son is doing great now. Akira was terrified w...
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Hip Spica Cast: Info for the Worried Parent: Diarrhea in the Hip Spica Cast
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Hip Spica Cast: Info for the Worried Parent. Thursday, July 23, 2009. Diarrhea in the Hip Spica Cast. Hi there - I found your blog googling "spica cast." Our 2.5 yr old son fell and broke his femur. He was put into a spica cast. Here is my blog, so you can see how he is doing:. Http:/ lalicast.blogspot.com/. Did you experience this at all? What did you do to prevent the stool from going up into the cast? Any info will be helpful. Thanks so much and I am so sorry to bother you but we are stuck here. I wou...
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Hip Spica Cast: Info for the Worried Parent: Child Care & the Hip Spica Cast
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Hip Spica Cast: Info for the Worried Parent. Wednesday, December 10, 2008. Child Care and the Hip Spica Cast. Your child may find this to be a comfortable sleeping position. If your child is 2 to 3 years old and in a hip spica cast, be prepared for a lot of extra work. Our 3-year-old son Akira broke his left femur this summer and was in a fiberglass hip spica cast - that encircled his waist and both legs - for seven and a half weeks. (See " Akira Broke His Leg. 1 Watch the child at all times. Besides bei...