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August 20, 2005
How Many Fingers?
We had a bit of a scare tonight. Our son rolled off the sofa and landed head first on a very hard albeit carpeted concrete floor. We relayed his reports of haloed vision and nausea to our pediatrician, who directed us to take him to the hospital.
Diagnosis: concussion.
A CAT scan confirmed that everything was normal, and we were on our way home in relatively short order; just two-and-a-half hours.
Not at all what any of us had planned for the evening. Maybe next time he'll think twice before trying to balance himself atop a tumultuous tower of throw pillows, cushions and blankets precariously perched on the veritable cliffs edge of the sofa seat... without first donning the proper safety gear. ;)
The trip to the hospital seemed to make an impression. Fortunately the fall didn't. The doctor confirmed that his head was still round.
A far better experience than the last time any of us had to go to the hospital.
Posted by Tacitus at August 20, 2005 10:05 PM