<p>Jym–he might not want to get into it with you again, but the OT doesn’t have to be limited to the actual “home” (dorm room.) S/he could give advice on getting around the dorm, the cafeteria, campus, classrooms, public transportation, etc.</p>
<p>Which of course doesnt mean the typical I’m-just-fine young adult is willing to hear that advice…</p>
<p>You are earning tons of Mom-points, even if they don’t seem to be showing in the tally right now!</p>
<p>
thanks, garland, but points in whose book? The parents or his?? I think he is back to being annoyed with me, but to be honest, I’d rather he be upset with me than upset with himself.</p>
<p>Good question, jym. I think your book now, but his eventually.</p>
<p>LOL garland-- I was thinking the points in the CC parents cafe “book” . We, of course, are never wrong here :)</p>
<p>Off to college counselor meeting for S#2. Can’t wait to tell him what our college tour spring break was like :eek:</p>
<p>OH, definitely here. Here you are a Mom-hero! :)</p>
<p>You are to be commended for keeping your sense of humor through all this…my d is considering out of state schools, and this whole scenario kind of freaks me out! Plus now you have to start in on the college path with s2! </p>
<p>Sending healing wishes to your son…and you will just have to re-schedule your trip to SoCal. Did s1 break the leg at Big Bear? Was he snowboarding or skiing? I missed some of the details.</p>
<p>wecandothis-
Don’t rule out out-of-state schools just because of the skiing accident. Lots of stuff can happen anywhere. And yes-- it was at Big Bear (actually Ski Summit)- he and younger bro were on skis, but in the terrain park on the jumps-. Some !@#$$%%%^ snowboarder cut him off, so he picked up speed to get around/avoid him and came off the side of a jump wrong. Ironically, the trerrain isnt all tht difficult at that mountain. Just a freak accident. Good news (I guess) today-- he has so far not had to take a pain pill-- not even a tylenol. He was eating vicoden like crazy there for a while. Tomorrow is 2 weeks from the original injury. Hard to believe.</p>
<p>This is a great sign, jym. Vicodan is there for a reason, but when they stop feeling the need, it is good in so many ways (lay person, here; but BTDT).</p>
<p>Ohhh. I’m so sorry!!! It sounds like it has been really rough on you all. Beurah like hugs to you both. :)</p>
<p>Some people recovering from fractures find it helpful to take Vicodin or something similar at night to decrease pain and help them sleep, even if they don’t need it during the day.</p>
<p>I only took pain medicine in the daytime for about a week after breaking my leg, but I took it at night for another four weeks. Every individual case is different.</p>
<p>jym, maybe your S can send you the pain meds, so that YOU can get some sleep.</p>
<p>sjmom</p>
<p>^^^ :D</p>
<p>Actually, I had a root canal done shortly before we left, and have an unfilled Rx for vicodan. Its starting to sound better and better…</p>
<p>Marian-</p>
<p>According to his orthopod, the vicoden was probably causing some bladder issues, and he was waking up in the middle of the night to go (no easy task). That has stopped since he switched to just the tylenol, so I think he’ll be avoiding the major pain meds if at all possible.</p>
<p>and anxiousmom–</p>
<p>Of course… thanks!!!</p>
<p>DS just told me about going to a party in his Res. college last night- They had some bands/duos, and one of the singers was pretty drunk and gave him grief from the stage (about being in the electric cart). He (the singer)then came over and said “give me a ride” and the drunken idiot started to sit down on his leg, ignoring my s’s pleas not to do so! My s had to start punching him in the back to get him off his broken leg (there is no cast). The idiot got about 1/2 his weight on my s when he finally staggered off. Geez! I don’t think I need to hear these stories.</p>
<p>Jym, sending bone-healing and pain-alleviating and not-being-around-drunks thoughts your son’s way. And a good-night’s-sleep thoughts your way. What an ordeal!</p>
<p>Thanks, over30! Please send diet thoughts too! I have been doing way too much nervous eating and weight is finding its way back on! Not good.</p>
<p>Thought I’d send my cc buds an update. DS is coming home tomorrow for 3-4 days (for s#2’s bday and an early mothers day visit) and HE IS WALKING!!! He still uses one crutch a good deal of the time, but he says he is able to walk around some and is building up his quad. strength. He still can’t rotate his hip all the way (ie can’t sit indian style-- sorry if that isnt p.c. but you know what I mean) and he isn’t walking long distances unassisted (still uses both crutches for some of that) but this is WONDERFUL progress for having had the rod put in his femur just over 2 mos ago! Can’t wait to see him tomorrow!</p>
<p>Glad to hear it, jym626!</p>
<p>Two months since the accident already! How time flies. So glad to hear that he has recovered nicely----I just can’t imagine that he is still on crutches. Bet he has developed some nice muscle. Hah! Has he gotten a lot of female sympathy to help him along ?
Have a wonderful visit!!</p>
<p>jym: Just picked up this thread today. S broke his femur last July while hiking the Napali Coast trail on Kauai. Talk about nightmares! H carried his 15 year old out of the back country on his back! (we had some help from a young Navy man). Surgery at the local Kauai hospital where, of all things, the nurses were on strike. The surgeon flew over from Oahu, carrying the titanium nails with him for the surgery. Unfortunately, S needed to be re-operated back home a week later, to remove the 2 flexible nails and put in a pinned rod. This was to avoid and protect the growth plate just above the knee. After several hellish months of wheelchair, crutches and then cane, I am happy to report S is walking beautifully and the growth plate was completely spared. One small word of advice…if your S is still growing at all, keep an eye on his spine. S developed a mild scoliosis and we now have him back in therapy and wearing a small shoe lift to correct the curvature. The docs said this is not uncommon in teens who are still growing, especially if they go thru a big growth spurt during the recovery when they are not walking “evenly”. Good luck to your S!</p>