Last night, Brielle fell and hit her head. I was standing at my mom's counter and had her sitting leaning against me in front of me. Lauren and I were playing with her. I looked away for a moment and she dove. It was a straight head dive onto laminate floor from a counter top. She did not pass out and screamed immediately and I checked her eyes for dilation. (I then proceeded to pretty much go into shock). Bryan and my dad gave Brielle and I blessings and we rushed to Phoenix Children's Urgent Care. She was acting fine so we thought we would go there before exposing her to all the crap in ER's. We walked in and they took us back immediately. The Dr checked her over and said he was pretty sure she fractured her skull but he didn't see any signs of bleeding or swelling. We went to the hospital to get a CT SCAN (which took forever) and were admitted to the hospital. She had sustained a 4 cm fracture on the left side of her head. She has a small hematoma (probably spelled wrong) on the right parietal lobe. We are so blessed though. No bleeding, no brain damage, no swelling, nothing.
All of the nurses and Doctors were so amazed with her happiness amidst such a fall and that she didn't have any damage besides the actual fracture (which is swollen but is not as nasty as you would think and she doesn't really notice unless you apply pressure). She will be completely healed in 6 weeks like any bone and there will be no after effects. The Social Worker and Police Officer (yeah, I had to be evaluated since it was head trauma to a child under the age of 1) were both nice and were very comforting letting me know it was an accident and its very obvious it was unintentional. I could have been more careful though. Bryan and talked about how babies become appendages and in one moment of complacency, a lot can change as we saw last night.
I feel horrible. I know accidents happen but this still happened in my hands basically. I was too slow. I should have never have sat her like that on my mom's counter (especially not realizing how slick it is), we should have called 911 just to be safe, etc. It's moments like these though that make you realize the importance of priesthood blessings and having faith. I know Heavenly Father is mindful. He protected my daughter and I know he protects her and Davin countless times that I don't even realize. I feel so blessed and am so grateful for modern medicine. It is comforting to know that she is going to be fine. Please keep her in your prayers though.
Monday, January 31, 2011
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I'm so sorry, Liz! I'm glad she's okay. What a blessing! Please let me know if there's anything I can do! We will definitely pray for her fast recovery!
ReplyDeleteholy cow. i am glad you are both ok. anything we can do?
ReplyDeleteWe're good Marci-thank you so much. Just keep making cute things I want to buy!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad to hear everything is okay :)
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