Evan's Trip To The ER...

Thursday night, Grandpa McLaughlin was here for a visit on his way to Virginia.  We were all outside playing when Evan ran into his Grandpa, fell and hit the back of his head on the concrete driveway.  I thought he must have hurt his head pretty bad because he was crying much louder and longer than normal for him.  He is pretty tough and usually bounces back real quick.  He also looked pretty pale when he came inside and went to the couch.  However, in the hustle of getting dinner on the table and getting ready to go out for an early birthday dinner with Dennis, I didn't take the time to think about the possibility of a concussion.

However, on our way to dinner we got a call for Grandpa saying that he had thrown up.  I started to think "Uh Oh, could be a concussion".  But, I also knew that he had taken an extra long nap that day and maybe he was coming down with something.  I called the pediatrician on the way home and when I found out that he had gotten sick 3 more times since we left, I knew that wasn't good.  His doctor sent us immediately to the ER.  The ER doctor said, "At a minimum it is a concussion, but could be a bleed because of the repetitive vomiting".  Luckily, the CT scan was clear.  After getting an anti nausea pill Evan snapped back to his old self pretty quickly.  We checked up on him all night and followed up with his pediatrician today, and so far he is doing well.  No tv or computers for a week, but we can deal with that.

I will say, Evan was a trooper.  He is really great in these situations and was just awesome in the ER doing everything the doctor said and being very brave.  Dennis rewarded him with a couple action figures when we got home.

Besides Evan having to stay home and being hurt, the other big bummer was that I was not able to go on Colin's field trip today.  Colin and I had been looking forward to this for a couple weeks, so he was very upset when I told him the news this morning.  Hopefully, I will be able to make the next one, if he has another. 

Dennis is in VA this weekend for his cousin Austin's wedding (which I was also very bummed to have to miss, no sitter in Indiana prevents us from both leaving town).  So, it is just me and the boys this weekend.