It was a lovely Easter Sunday at the LA Zoo. Who knew in one second the day would go south. What happened? I was holding Clemmie by the hand and all of a sudden she decided to go soft and basically drop her whole weight as I was still holding her by her right hand and that caused the dislocation of her radial. She does that quite often (known as hypotonic in SPD term, floppy body, like a wet noodle) which I was able to set her down to the ground slowly, but this time we were walking up hill and she took me by surprise. I heard a big loud pop, but she was not crying or anything. Since she couldn't even lift her arm after an hour, I had to take her to the ER.
The doc saw her and basically popped her radial head back in place in a split second and she did voiced ouch, but nothing more and in 10 minutes her arm was back in full range motion again. This is very common for children under age 4 and it is called Nursemaid's Elbow. The doc recommended to use a leash instead if I don't want a repeat episode again.
From Wikipedia:
Nursemaid's Elbow is a dislocation of the elbow joint caused by a sudden pull on the extended pronated arm, such as by an adult tugging on an uncooperative child. The technical term for the injury is radial head subluxation.
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