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ABColeslaw
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We
had our first major childhood injury last night. Asher was having a fit
and he threw his whole body back and smashed his head on the hardwood
floor. He was knocked unconscious for like 30sec to a minute, but it
felt like FOREVER. We picked him up and he opened his eyes and threw up
everywhere. Then he held his head and screamed. I took him to the ER and
he got there and screamed until he was seen. They had to sedate him to
examine him. He has a huge egg on his head, but his eyes are dilating
correctly, he has no swelling around the egg, his speech is normal and
after they gave him Ibuprophen he stopped screaming and crying. The
sedation wore off and he was back to his chipper self. They couldn't
decide if they wanted to do a CT scan, so we had a neuro consult and we
were told to wake him up every two hours, bring him back in if he throws
up again, he eyes become unfocused or unevenly dilated, or he has more
swelling or bruising. He was sent home this morning and we followed up with our regular pedi this afternoon. He was diagnosed with concussion
Angel Baby Elisabeth Adelle April 2008
Tantrum resulted in first serious injury
ABColeslaw
member
We
had our first major childhood injury last night. Asher was having a fit
and he threw his whole body back and smashed his head on the hardwood
floor. He was knocked unconscious for like 30sec to a minute, but it
felt like FOREVER. We picked him up and he opened his eyes and threw up
everywhere. Then he held his head and screamed. I took him to the ER and
he got there and screamed until he was seen. They had to sedate him to
examine him. He has a huge egg on his head, but his eyes are dilating
correctly, he has no swelling around the egg, his speech is normal and
after they gave him Ibuprophen he stopped screaming and crying. The
sedation wore off and he was back to his chipper self. They couldn't
decide if they wanted to do a CT scan, so we had a neuro consult and we
were told to wake him up every two hours, bring him back in if he throws
up again, he eyes become unfocused or unevenly dilated, or he has more
swelling or bruising. He was sent home this morning and we followed up with our regular pedi this afternoon. He was diagnosed with concussion 
I don't know what to do about some of the whole body tantrums. Ugh.
Asher Benjamin and Lola Aisling
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Re: Tantrum resulted in first serious injury
My H gets a lot less emotional than I do. When he was screaming and holding his head, I was terrified! I could barely get dressed and out of the door.
I just noticed your siggy pic! My Ryan LOVES Thomas the train!
1. P is obsessed with Thomas too, and it's crazy expensive!!
2. I probably would have puked too. I'm sure it was terrifying! =( No advice because we are dealing with hardcore tantrums here as well, but she doesn't usually throw herself around, although she's had serious injuries from just her clumsiness. Hugs.
Oh, AB. How scary for all of you!
I'm glad it was "just" a concussion, but man, what an ordeal. I'm so sorry!
DD1, 1/5/2008 ~~~ DD2, 3/17/2010