Keep an Eye On Him

That's the understatement of the year!! Noah is impossible to keep an eye on! But those are the instructions from the ER doc.

Tuesday morning Noah was goofing around and fell off a kitchen stool and landed square on his back and head. He was pretty upset and wouldn't let go of his head. His cry was a whimpery cry, not a normal "ouch" cry. We tried to distract him for a while and he seemed okay. We took him to school and headed out. When I came home from a meeting, Paul said that he had vomited all over him after playing on the swing outside. He thought he had swung him too much. But then, just a few minutes later, he woke up crying and I went to check on him his hands were full of blood. He was bleeding out his nose.

I called the doctor and she said to go to the ER immediately. These were dangerous signs of a concussion. Great. Off to AI Dupont we headed at 11pm. We were on the "fast track" which meant we got put in a small private waiting area and only had to wait 3 hours to see a doc.

Every nurse and doctor seemed to think something different. The first one said it was nothing. The nurse said if he was holding his head that was bad. The next one said they were thinking of a CT scan. Finally at 2:30AM the doctor said if he hadn't had any recurring events than we should just go home and keep an eye on him -- oh and don't let him fall for a few days. HAAAA! Wednesdsay brought just a slight nose bleed in the evening and now we are back on track.

Just wanted to keep you updated for those who are wondering how he is!!!!