Our summer started off not so well when Jeffrey pulled a little giant ladder down on himself in the garage. He started throwing up that afternoon so we took him up to Primary Children to get checked out. They told us he was fine and he would be back to normal the next day. It took more like 3 or 4 days, but he finally seemed to be back to himself (not nauseated and more energetic). The picture with the cars was while we were waiting at the E.R.
Then a week after Jeffrey's first head blow he took another one that was somehow even worse. He climbed up onto the piano bench, something he does often to play a few notes and climb right back down. But I have replayed this moment in my head over and over where I was just standing a little closer, or a million other things that would have prevented him from falling backwards off the bench onto the wood floor. He cried himself to sleep and then woke up throwing up a couple hours later. So the next day we took him up to Primary Children's again. This time they did a CT scan, which showed a subdural hematoma. This is very serious plus he was so lethargic and nauseous. We had to stay overnight to monitor him, which turned into 5 days of monitoring and waiting for him to feel better. It took several days for him to keep anything down so he was on an i.v. with fluids and zofran and they kept him going on tylenol. He finally seemed more like himself and even got down to play when we took him up to the play room. Once he felt better, he kept walking out to the hall and wanting to escape, that's when we got to come home. It was a happy day. We were given instructions to keep his 2 feet on the floor for 8 weeks. We are a few weeks out a the vomiting seems to have subsided (crossing fingers). This has been a nightmare and we just pray there are no lasting effects. We love our little buddy and would do anything for him. Poor thing has been thru a lot but he is still my little ray of sunshine.
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