After four kids and five years, I have finally had my first ER visit.
We were having another BBQ (surprise, surprise). As we were finishing up eating, the kids were sliding down the pool slide onto the pool cover. Suddenly William started crying. Addison lead him over to us. As I was going towards him, he suddenly turned to Addison to hold him, something he normally would not do. I swept him up into my arms, but was instantly aware of how limp he was. I got Todd’s attention, he quickly came over. We were nervous about how he was acting. Addison informed us that he was on the top of the ladder to the slide when he fell back. She didn’t see him actually fall, so we couldn’t be sure that he was at the top, nor were we sure about how he hit the ground, but we were sure he landed on the cement. After holding William for a little while, Todd decided that the only way to be sure that he was okay was to get a CT scan. (It is helpful being married to a doctor)
We drove to the nearest hospital, which was 30 minutes away. It was nice having Todd’s experience with the ER because he knew exactly what to do. We filled out the paper work, and got taken in. The doctor had agreed on what Todd had previously said. He thought that even though William may be fine, with the circumstances of the fall and the way William was acting, it was safer to make sure William wasn’t having any internal bleeding, so a CT scan it was. William did not appreciate being in the ER, and was fussing about the blood pressure cuff and the heart monitor that were attached to him. (He was actually kicking them off and refusing to wear them...you couldn’t tell by his size, but William is strong). Because of his willingness to not cooperate, they had to sedate William before getting the CT scan. It was actually kind of freaky how suddenly he went out from the medicine. After his scan, it took him a long time to wake up. It was a great chance for me to sing him the “Baby Bear Song” (a song I have made up because of William’s request).
His scan came back clean, which I was grateful of, and even though the visit ended up costing us a lot of money, it was worth making sure that our little boy is okay. Besides, a track record of 5 years and no ER visits (especially with 4 BOYS) I will not complain. May we have another 5 ER-less years.
We were having another BBQ (surprise, surprise). As we were finishing up eating, the kids were sliding down the pool slide onto the pool cover. Suddenly William started crying. Addison lead him over to us. As I was going towards him, he suddenly turned to Addison to hold him, something he normally would not do. I swept him up into my arms, but was instantly aware of how limp he was. I got Todd’s attention, he quickly came over. We were nervous about how he was acting. Addison informed us that he was on the top of the ladder to the slide when he fell back. She didn’t see him actually fall, so we couldn’t be sure that he was at the top, nor were we sure about how he hit the ground, but we were sure he landed on the cement. After holding William for a little while, Todd decided that the only way to be sure that he was okay was to get a CT scan. (It is helpful being married to a doctor)
We drove to the nearest hospital, which was 30 minutes away. It was nice having Todd’s experience with the ER because he knew exactly what to do. We filled out the paper work, and got taken in. The doctor had agreed on what Todd had previously said. He thought that even though William may be fine, with the circumstances of the fall and the way William was acting, it was safer to make sure William wasn’t having any internal bleeding, so a CT scan it was. William did not appreciate being in the ER, and was fussing about the blood pressure cuff and the heart monitor that were attached to him. (He was actually kicking them off and refusing to wear them...you couldn’t tell by his size, but William is strong). Because of his willingness to not cooperate, they had to sedate William before getting the CT scan. It was actually kind of freaky how suddenly he went out from the medicine. After his scan, it took him a long time to wake up. It was a great chance for me to sing him the “Baby Bear Song” (a song I have made up because of William’s request).
His scan came back clean, which I was grateful of, and even though the visit ended up costing us a lot of money, it was worth making sure that our little boy is okay. Besides, a track record of 5 years and no ER visits (especially with 4 BOYS) I will not complain. May we have another 5 ER-less years.
2 comments:
That is great that you have only had 1 trip to the ER in 5 yrs. I had to take Noah to the ER when he was little because he had a concussion. scary.
Wow - that is really scary! Good for you though on your record. Kind of like a factory and *** days without an accident! Guess you have to start all over again with your count! Glad he is ok!
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