17 and waiting for thr

1. jacqui119 12 March 2010 at 00:13AM
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   my son was in an accident at school in nov 2005 the school did not recognise that he had major injury i was called as he was upset and wanted to go home by the time we got there he had been sitting in a wheelchair for an hour and half i was at work so had to get cover

   as soon as i saw him i knew he was injured and looked in shock we had to argue with school to call an ambulance as was not there policy to do so i completley forgot my phone was in my bag (shock)

   ambulance eventualy arrived they had to knock him out with entinox to move him on arrival at hospital (five min away)he was taken straight to trauma room xrays showed he had broken hip through growth plate he was put in traction for 48hrs and operated on 2 days later pin in hip we thought he be ok after allowing for recovery but after a second pin failed as well my son developed avasculer necrosis in april 2006 he was put in a wheelchair and we were told this was how it would be until he was 26 he was only 14 at time our world fell apart our home was not wheel chair friendly we needed wide doors stair lift wet room ramps we had to leave our lovely home we found a house am still there but never has felt like home then one day we saw a different doctor he told us about an operation and reffered my son he has had two operations since they got him out of wheelchair but over last year his hip so bad his doctor suprised he can walk but he does even though in pain all time we saw surgeon in november he is now waiting to go in april aor may for total hip replacement i am realy worried as he will be only 18 about his future health and obv more ops in his lifetime sorry long winded but tonight im feeling very low the past 4yrs 4 mths been hell

   i was wondering if anybody else was this young and how things went for them thanx

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2. Guest 21 September 2010 at 23:26PM

   Hi, has your son had is op yet? im 21, and when i was 9 i got diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. and at 12 the doctors after 4 months of hell finally gave me an xray(they put me through extensive physiotherapy i was told later by the nurses on my ward noone belived the pain i said i was in ) and discovered both my hip joints had crumbled away. i got my double hip when i was 14. iam not going to lie it was a very hard time of my life and it took a lot of will power to get through it but having my family and friends support made it that little bit easier.and i would not regret the op for 1 second it gave me my life back! they only thing with having the op so young i you have to be extra carefull as with being so youn you use them a lot more than someone getting it in thier later years.

   the only reason i got my hip op at that age was that i had stopped growing already due to being on steriods several years before so in a way i was lucky i didnt need to wait.

   i empathise with your situaton its hard to find people who would understand i didnt have anyone at the time.

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