I have to write this to help any other moms who might experience this sometime in their lives. This morning, Jade was playing and slipped on our linolium (sp?) floor backwards to hit his head pretty hard. I picked him up to hold him, then he went completely LIMP in my arms. His eyes were glazed and he was like a rag doll! For 5 seconds he was like this. I was patting his back, calling his name, and freaking out. Then he suddenly opened his eyes WIDE open and started to JOLT his body around! I was terrified!!!! A few seconds later, he came to. He was acting lathargic though. My close friend, Katie, was there luckily to comfort me and call the hospital.
We took him in immediately after being told that it was absolutely necessary to have him checked. We took him to the hospital and they ran some tests. Long story short...He is just fine. If this ever happens to your child, don't wait...call your doctor right away!
Signs to look for if there is need for concern (If you're like me, you don't wait for these signs):
- bleeding in his ears
- one eye is dialated much more than the other
- arms or legs not responding normally
- vomitting
- sleeping longer than usual
8 comments:
Oh Heather!
My heart is with you.
Glad the little man is ok!
Smooches for him indeed.
They are precious, and not everything can br prevented. Being proactive is our best shot as mommy's! You did just fine.
Miss you guys!
xoxo, AnJIe
Head,
How scary! Sorry you had to go through that. I'm glad everything is fine. Miss you tons!
Andy
oh my gosh, heather!! scary!! and you're pregnant, too! very stressful day, it sounds like. glad to know that all is well with your son.
oh my gosh! I can't believe that happened! I'm glad he is ok!! That was really scary for me just reading about it! You're so strong!!
yeah boo for mopping the floor! i mopped mine the next day and made ry sit in her high chair i was so paranoid! you handled it better then me i went all crazy and about had my husband come over in his boxers ;) ha but really so thankful jadins ok we need our heather and jadin!...and of course you too jake don't feel left out :) love you guys heather come over when your bored!
I am so glad he is okay. I think my heart skipped a beat when I thought of going through the same experience. I can only compare that feeling with the one I had when I thought Bryson had fallen down our complete set of stairs. He had thrown a book down the stairs, but I thought that I was hearing his body hit every stair on the way down. I fell to the ground in tears when I got to the stairs and saw him sitting at the top, crying for his book.
Jadin is so precious. I am so sorry that you had to experience those types of emotions. We love you guys.
-Angele
Hey Heather. Of course I remember you! I only spent a ton of afternoons at your house. Haha! And I am so glad you found my blog. Your familiy is so cute! That's crazy that your little guy's room was te same. What a coincedence!! It looks like you are doing great! I'm excited to keep in touch!!
oh my goodness! that is so scary! thanks for sharing this heather - not only does it make me want to treasure my kids more, but it teaches me what to look out for. they really are so precious!
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