I can call it an adventure now, but then it was devastating. On August 3rd (Matts birthday) the kids were outside in the backyard playing. The 2 major rules are no touching the pool gate and no standing on top of the playhouse. Well Michael was standing on top of the playhouse blowing bubbles and fell off and hit his head. I asked him to stand up and walk to me and he couldn't. He was really wobbly on his feet and was in alot of pain. I thought it was just a bump so I put ice on his head. Then his nose started dripping blood. Just the right side. That wasn't right so we took him into the ER. After a couple of hours and a CT scan we found out that he had a large skull fracture and concussion.
Because they were worried about swelling and bleeding in the brain they transferred him to Cardons Childrens Hospital PICU for overnight observation. He was so tired, poor little guy. They had to wake him every hour to make sure he was responding. The IV was tramatic for us both. But he braved it all.
After the next mornings CT scan showed no bleeding or swelling we got to take him home. After all the poking and tests Michael went home with lots of toys. The nurses and doctors who treated him were wonderful. They really helped to ease our worries as much as they could.
Then the day after we brought him home we ended up in the ER again because Michael fell off the bed and hit his head again right on the fracture. We seriously thought of strapping him to a chair. For days following the hospital it seemed that he kept having head accidents. We are so blessed that he is healing great and doesn't seem to have any complications.
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