My poor little bubala

My 12 year old daughter dislocated her knee in Karate last night- one minute she's my tough little ninja-- next minute she's on the ground keening in pain- Her knee cap was so not where it was supposed to be- I mean I'm a nurse, I've seen a lot worse than that- But it was my baby! It popped back in on its own and nothing else appears torn- but that was just the ER doc- we see ortho on Monday-

You can't be a ninja- to much white bunny fur on the black pajamas

Thanks Quicky-

heyjude said:

Oh, no, shea! How's she doing today?

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She's doing okay- her poor knee is swollen to about the size of a grapefruit and painful- I'm just wondering how I'm going to get her down the three steps off our deck to the car- Her dad carried her in when she came home from the er, but he won;t be there Monday when I have to take her to the ortho appointment- She's a tiny thing for 12 (about 98lbs) but I can't carry her- well I guess we will figure something out-

Ha! Not quite. I was impressed with how tough she was about it though- I think it scared her sempi more than it did her (and me!) He was teaching the class ( he's a 2nd degree black belt - about 20 yrs old) and has known Maria since she started three years ago and felt so bad that she got hurt- he felt like it was his fault- It wasn't, it was just a freak accident. She did a breakfall wrong and all her weight landed on her extended knee and POP - out it went. I was right next to her and heard her crying and thought maybe she sprained her ankle or something, but when I pulled her pant leg up and saw her knee out of place I was like- whoa- I just hugged her and she said-"Oh it popped back in"
She definitley wants to go back to class as soon as she can- she's bummed becasue she is up for her 2nd degree brown belt and now that will be delayed-

Bmwhtly said:

Jeez!

They breed them tough in your area! a karate class that dislocates knees? I'm beginning to think I was cheated.

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Ha! well it wasn't supoosed to happen - she readily admits she fell wrong- she defintely needs to work on her breakfalls.

Thanks Victoria- greenstick fractures are the worse- s sorry your little one had to go through that. Both my husband and I are in medicine so we highly value second opinions- that was never a question-
Thanks for the well wishes, she says it feels better today and she can even bear a little weight on it-

Thanks Kate! we see ortho tomorrow for the verdoct of exactly how bad (or good ) it is- keep your fingers crosed the news is good-