My 16 year old daughter fell off a horse
20 months ago and broke her right humorous
and is still healing. She has not ridden
a horse since. 5 months ago she was
having left shoulder pain, so took her to
the ortho specialist and after ct, mri and
bone scan diagnosised over useage,
probably resulting from broken arm.
She has had knee problems since she was 4
or 5. Doctor always told us it was
growing pains. After the bone scan (2
months ago), the right knee had a problem.
Did mri to find out that the surface of
the bone at the knee was broken in many
places. 2 weeks ago her back started
hurting. When at ortho appointment
yesterday, the doctor took an xray and she
has cracked one of her lower back
vertebrae in 2 places. One of either side
where it is in contact with the next
vertebrae down. This did not show on the
bone scan 2 months ago. The knee is also
not healing.
The doctor has ordered an mri for the back
and the knee.
Now my question:
what is going on? I asked the doctor if
all these bone problems could be a
disease, or cancer or something we need to
find. He didn't seem to think so. I
don't want to miss something and find out
too late that we shoulda, woulda, coulda
do something. I do not even know where to
start. What kind of doctor do I need? I
appreciate any help. Thanks!
