concussion #1

We've had our first concussion and the winner of course was Noah. I'm not quite sure what happened because the only witnesses ranged in age from 3 to 5. The kids were playing together and from what I could gather he fell off the back of Crew's quad. There was A LOT of blood, but I know head wounds bleed more than others. I checked the cut it wasn't big enough to require stitches, checked his pupils they were normal, and he wasn't even acting hurt, he kept saying he was fine. So, I didn't think much of it until he threw-up, and kept throwing-up. I took him to the hospital at 12:30a.m. and we were home by 2:30a.m. and ya he had a concussion. I had to watch him closely and keep him calm for 24 hours and for Noah holding still is a very difficult thing to do, however; he was somewhat compliant. Probably due to lack of sleep.

Noah is by far our most coordinated child but he's also the one that recieves the most injuries. I guess that's due to almost a complete lack of self safety. His first attempt at being a stunt man was when he tried riding his bike down the stairs and he wasn't even 2 years old. I'm going to start a collection of hospital bands that he'll receive over the years. Some of his hospital visits have been because of needing stitches for finger, stitches for eyebrow, and being drunk off of cough syrup and yes he is only 4!