MATHIAS' FRACTURE [ESP-ENG]

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ESPAÑOL

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Saludos a todos en esta hermosa comunidad, tiempo sin pasar por acá, pero jamás ausente 😅 en esta oportunidad les vengo a contar un susto que recibí a raíz de una caída que tuvo mi hijo Mathias.

Para quien no haya leído sobre Mathias, mi único hijo varón, tienes como condición el Trastorno del Espectro Autista, como muchos saben una de las tantas características de dicha condición es la hiposensibilidad, es decir tienen alta tolerancia al dolor, por ende, con él debo estar muy pendiente de algún golpe que se dé, ya que al lastimarse no llora, a menos que el golpe sea muy fuerte, que en este caso fue así.

Ese día (hace dos semanas) Mathias no tuvo clases y se quedó en casa con mi mamá y conmigo, sin embargo tuve que salir un momento a buscar a mis hijas para su escuela, cuando ya habia retirado a las gemelas, que iba camino a la escuela de mi hija mayor recibo una llamada de mi mamá diciendo que Mathias se habia caído y que estaba llorando, el habla muy poco, pero decía que le dolia el brazo.

Cuando mi mamá me dice que estaba llorando me preocupe un poco, sin embargo le dije que buscaba a mi hija mayor rápido y me iba para la casa, de esto paso 10 minutos aproximadamente, le regreso la llamada a mi mamá en 3 oportunidades y no me contesta, a este punto me empecé a preocupar, desde donde estaba a mi casa faltaba como 10 min, así que tuve que acelerar para llegar a casa y ver lo que pasaba.

Llegamos!!!! Efectivamente mi hijo aún lloraba desconsolado, ya en ese momento me preocupé más, pero debía mantener la calma, lo abracé para que se calmara (es una técnica que utilizo y me funciona con él) y le empecé a preguntar que le pasó, el solo me decía que le dolía y se agarraba el brazo izquierdo con la mano derecha, en ese momento no pense dos veces en colocarle los zapatos y salir a un centro médico.

Lo primero que hice fue llevarlo a emergencia pediátrica porque aparte del brazo tenía un golpe fuerte en la frente y lo tenía muy morado, le expliqué a la doctora sobre su condición y me dijo que era una emergencia, pero que allí solamente le podían tomar la radiografía de brazo y de cráneo, ya que no habia traumatologo, asi que con esas radiografías lo debía llevar al hospital, pues así lo hice.

Al llegar al hospital, había pediatra de turno en ese momento (cosa que casi nunca pasa) me lo vieron y llamaron de inmediato a un traumatólogo, cuando el doctor me revisa la placa, me explica que había una fractura en la muñeca llamada "Rodete de bambú" y que debía colocar yeso.

Por supuesto tuve que comprar los implementos para que le colocarán todo, en ese momento estaba sola con él y realmente estaba muy alterado, entre el dolor que tenía, la espera y el hambre, en ese momento su carácter no estuvo nada facil...

Cuando tocó colocar el yeso se quedó tranquilo, realmente colaboro mucho y debo acotar que el doctor fue muy amable con él y tuvo mucha paciencia.

Por ahora toca esperar, el yeso es por 4 semanas, para tomarle de nuevo la radiografía y ver cómo va evolucionando el hueso, espero que todo para ese entonces esté mejor.

Gracias por leer parte de mi, les envío un abrazo cargado de bendiciones.

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ENGLISH

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Greetings to everyone in this beautiful community, long time no visit, but never absent 😅 this time I come to tell you about a scare I received as a result of a fall that my son Mathias had.

For those who have not read about Mathias, my only son, you have Autism Spectrum Disorder, as many know one of the many characteristics of this condition is hyposensitivity, ie have high tolerance to pain, therefore, with him I must be very aware of any blow that is given, because when hurt does not cry, unless the blow is very strong, which in this case was the case.

That day (two weeks ago) Mathias did not have classes and stayed at home with my mom and me, however I had to leave for a moment to pick up my daughters for school, when I had already picked up the twins, on my way to my oldest daughter's school I received a call from my mom saying that Mathias had fallen and was crying, he speaks very little, but said that his arm was hurting.

When my mom told me that she was crying I got a little worried, however I told her that I was looking for my oldest daughter quickly and I was going home, from there it was about 10 minutes, I called my mom back 3 times and she did not answer me, at this point I started to worry, from where I was to my house it was about 10 minutes, so I had to speed up to get home and see what was going on.

We arrived!!!! Indeed my son was still crying inconsolably, at that moment I got more worried, but I had to keep calm, I hugged him to calm him down (it is a technique I use and it works with him) and I started to ask him what happened to him, he only told me that he was in pain and grabbed his left arm with his right hand, at that moment I did not think twice to put his shoes on and go to a medical center.

The first thing I did was to take him to the pediatric emergency because apart from the arm he had a strong blow on his forehead and it was very purple, I explained to the doctor about his condition and she told me that it was an emergency, but that there they could only take an x-ray of his arm and skull, since there was no traumatologist, so with those x-rays I had to take him to the hospital, so I did.

When I arrived at the hospital, there was a pediatrician on duty at that time (something that almost never happens) they saw him and immediately called a traumatologist, when the doctor checked the x-ray, he explained to me that there was a fracture in the wrist called "Bamboo Impeller" and that I had to put a cast on it.

Of course I had to buy the implements to place everything, at that moment I was alone with him and he was really very upset, between the pain he was in, the waiting and the hunger, at that moment his character was not easy at all....

When it was time to place the cast he was calm, he really cooperated a lot and I must say that the doctor was very kind with him and had a lot of patience.

For now we have to wait, the cast is for 4 weeks, to take the x-ray again and see how the bone is evolving, I hope that everything will be better by then.

Thank you for reading part of me, I send you a hug full of blessings.