This little dude got a concussion a few days ago. I am still not quite sure how it happened. Lukas and Blair were playing in the T.V. room and I was on the computer. All of a sudden I heard a huge bang and Lukas crying. I rushed into where the kids were and Lukas was crying and clutching the back of his head. He said he fell on his head. I asked him if he hit it on any furniture. He told me no and that he had just hit it on the floor. I know that he and Blair were playing on a big over sized ball and I think he just rolled off of it and slammed onto the floor. Well he cried for a while and told me he wanted his dad. I laid him in bed by Dan where he promptly fell a sleep and took a nap. He woke up an hour and a half later crying that his head hurt really bad. I had him rest and he just kept crying. Then he wouldn't open his eyes and kept falling a sleep. He was also complaining that he couldn't see very well. I was getting a little worried and so I called my pediatrician. I spoke to the nurse and she had me make an appointment. She said if he got worse or threw up between now and his appointment to call back. About 20 min later his little friend knocked on the door wanting to play. Lukas didn't want to miss out on playing so he jumped up. He then walked four feet and promptly threw up on the floor. I called the nurse back and she said bring him right in. So I took Blair to the neighbors where she played till Dan's mom came and got her. (Thanks Bryan and Grandma for watching her!) We got right in and the Dr. came right in. He said all the symptoms pointed to a concussion and he wanted Lukas to have a cat scan done just in case it was serious. We took him to the hospital to get it done. He was so good and so brave. I was nervous that he would freak out and we would have to sedate him. We bribed him with Sweet Tooth Fairy cupcakes. That was the key he did wonderful!We were also so grateful when the Dr. called us and told us all was well. He said for Lukas to take it easy and avoid activities where he could hit his head again. The next day you wouldn't have even known that he had, had a concussion. He was back to his hyper fun loving self! I am so glad everything turned out okay. It was a little scary.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Concussion
This little dude got a concussion a few days ago. I am still not quite sure how it happened. Lukas and Blair were playing in the T.V. room and I was on the computer. All of a sudden I heard a huge bang and Lukas crying. I rushed into where the kids were and Lukas was crying and clutching the back of his head. He said he fell on his head. I asked him if he hit it on any furniture. He told me no and that he had just hit it on the floor. I know that he and Blair were playing on a big over sized ball and I think he just rolled off of it and slammed onto the floor. Well he cried for a while and told me he wanted his dad. I laid him in bed by Dan where he promptly fell a sleep and took a nap. He woke up an hour and a half later crying that his head hurt really bad. I had him rest and he just kept crying. Then he wouldn't open his eyes and kept falling a sleep. He was also complaining that he couldn't see very well. I was getting a little worried and so I called my pediatrician. I spoke to the nurse and she had me make an appointment. She said if he got worse or threw up between now and his appointment to call back. About 20 min later his little friend knocked on the door wanting to play. Lukas didn't want to miss out on playing so he jumped up. He then walked four feet and promptly threw up on the floor. I called the nurse back and she said bring him right in. So I took Blair to the neighbors where she played till Dan's mom came and got her. (Thanks Bryan and Grandma for watching her!) We got right in and the Dr. came right in. He said all the symptoms pointed to a concussion and he wanted Lukas to have a cat scan done just in case it was serious. We took him to the hospital to get it done. He was so good and so brave. I was nervous that he would freak out and we would have to sedate him. We bribed him with Sweet Tooth Fairy cupcakes. That was the key he did wonderful!We were also so grateful when the Dr. called us and told us all was well. He said for Lukas to take it easy and avoid activities where he could hit his head again. The next day you wouldn't have even known that he had, had a concussion. He was back to his hyper fun loving self! I am so glad everything turned out okay. It was a little scary.
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Oh scary! I'm glad to hear he's ok.
Oh my gosh! That is seriously so scarry! I would have been so freaked out expecially since you didn't see exactly what happened! You just never know if it's serious or not. I'm so glad you took him in! So happy he is well now :)
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