Well it's official, both of the boys have now had an ER visit & we've been the silly over-reactive parents. Let's just say tonight was not a good night. I'll start from the beginning: Danny & I were sitting in our bedroom talking before he laid down to get a nap before heading out to work, in 3 hrs (this was at about 8:30 pm & also after he had been up since 6 am this morning). Anyways, we were discussing clothes for an upcoming wedding that we would be attending & all of a sudden, Mason starts crying the 'I'm really hurt cry'. We both rush to the living room to see what was wrong, Eric runs to hide & Mason is laying on the kitchen floor eyes closed crying & not trying to get up. Sooo, when I pick him up he won't open his eyes & won't respond to my questions. In the mean time Danny got it out of Eric that he had hit Mason & that Mason fell backwards & hit his head on the kitchen floor that is nothing more than concrete & a VERY thin piece of vinyl. Needless to say I am freaking out; Mason is having a hard time opening his eyes & when he does they are rolled back in his head, the few words I could get out of him were slurred, he just wasn't acting right. So off to the ER we go. I don't know which caused more adrenaline Mason's accident or me driving 80+ mph to the hospital. Now that I've had time to process everything I realize driving like that was really stupid but all I could think was that I had to get him to the hospital. I have to admit that all in all the visit wasn't that bad we were checked in & back out within an hour & a half. The doctors checked him over, everything looked good, they told us what to watch for over the next 24 to 48 hrs & explained why they didn't want to give him a cat scan. I would have to agree on this one, I sure don't want that much radiation focused on my kid's developing brain than is ABSOLUTELY necessary. Now we are back at home the kids are sleeping, Danny is at work (w/no nap, mind you) & I am trying to unwind from all the excitement (freakout) so that I can get some sleep in between waking Mason up every two hours. The doctor said I DIDN'T have to wake him up like you would with most concussions but really I don't think that's gonna stop me.
they couldn't put the bracelet on his little wrist so they had to put it on his ankle.
2 fun messages to this crazy bunch:
Glad everything seems to be okay. I know that had to be so scary.
I'm knocking on wood. I've never done the ER with my boys. I get to go every couple years!!! It has been 3 years now since my last visit.
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