I would definitely take her to get checked by the pediatric Ortho. The injury is not consistent with nursemaids and these are typically very easily reduced. Worth a second look for sure.
Childs swollen elbow normal?4.5 years old 37lbs 43in.My daughter fell and hurt her left arm on Sunday evening. We took her to urgent care early Monday morning. Got X-rays and there are no fractures. They determined it was a Nursemaids Elbow and tried a few times to reset it, but they werent sure they were successful because she was resisting, even though we were (safely) restraining her (the absolute worst worst WORST for my heart omg).They told us that we should bring her to an pediatric orthopedic doctor today if she wasnt using it by the end of the day (yesterday, Monday).I did notice her using it a little bit more, though not much. She complained it hurt for the rest of the day (when she went to wash her hands and used it to push down on the soap dispenser, she screamed out in pain).Today she woke up and I noticed its a bit more swollen than her other elbow. Shes still complaining that it hurts and is using her other hand to hold her arm close to her body, but she turned a page in a book with it as I typed this, which is way more than shes done in the past day and a half.Im not sure if its just from being a bit manhandled by two different doctors trying to reset her elbow yesterday, and so we should let it be, or if its worse and I should take her to the orthopedic doctor this morning.