Soooo we DID end up in the hospital tonight.
In case you haven't read my Facebook post here's the story: I was at the shops with Mr3 this morning with him in the trolley. He wasn't listening to me and continued to sit on the edge of the trolley instead of inside the trolley. I stopped to look at something and over the edge he went, head first onto the hard floor.
He screamed.
I swore.
Thank goodness we had finished shopping already so I carried this screaming child sitting on my bump, back through the shop to the car.
25 minutes later he had calmed down. I checked him out-no bruise no egg on his head so off we went.
The rest of the day he was fine, playing, running around. He even went to his tennis class.
I was pretty pleased we had escaped a trip to the hospital.
By 6pm he started complaining of a headache and saying he felt sick in his tummy.
Bugger!
I called health direct and they advised me to get to a hospital.
By the time we got there my little man was a little bit off with the fairies. He just wasn't right and he was pretty lethargic and grumpy.
When we got in to see the dr she looked him over and pronounced him a silly bugger but not brain dead. Everything checked out ok. His arms and legs were moving, he could walk and see fine. No blood or goo oozing from anywhere..
So we have been sent home with the instruction sheet for head injuries. A piece of paper I know almost off by heart-my kids have done some good head injuries in their time!
He seems to be a lot better now. Obviously he has a headache-it was a big fall and a bloody hard ground to hit so I'm not surprised he has a headache.
I didn't manage to escape a trip to the hospital this time but at least my little man is looking better.
And next time, maybe he will listen when I tell him to sit IN the trolley and not on the edge!!
Boys will be boys...
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