Last Thursday Sophia and Steven fell off from a stage (at church's gym room) and down came a small portable wood table down with them.
Of course I wasn't in the room to witness this. I heard the cries so I came running to them. I took Steven to comfort him while Ryan (my friend's 9yo daughter) already comforting Sophia. I thought nothing much about it, thinking that they got a good bang from the table (they were alert, no dizziness, no blood, no fainting, etc). We went home shortly thereafter. At home Sophia complained that her head hurt so I gave her some Motrin and then she tried to sleep. But then she started to throw up. I got worried and called my friend to ask Ryan what had happened (David was in the room but didn't see what happened and Sophia gave me a vague answer). In the mean time, Sophia was in and out of falling asleep and throwing up. After one too many and complaining of dizziness, I took her to E.R.
They took her in fairly quickly. The doctor assessed her to be physically (cognitive) fine but due to the nausea/vomiting, he ordered a CT Scan. The medications for headache and n/v that the doctor ordered helped her. We just had to play the waiting game until the results of the scan came in because apparently no in house radiologist was on duty during the nights so they had to fax over the test and await their response. As the wait got longer and longer I figured it was a good sign that all was well, thinking that if there was a major problem they would have grabbed Sophia. Anyway, 2.5hrs later the doctor finally called us in and said that the CT scan was perfect. He said that Sophia had suffered a concussion (bruise on the brain) so keep a close eye on her for the next 24hrs and have a follow-up with her pediatrician in the next 1-3 days.
The following day, I took Sophie to our family doctor. Through modern technology, he was able to have access to her CT scan results right there and then from his computer. I got to see the image on the screen as he was looking at it and explaining what he saw... pretty cool!!
Except for a headache yesterday morning (later relieved by Tylenol), Sophia was back to her rambunctious self. She's a tough cookie!! I often complain of her rowdiness, but I'd certainly take that over a health scare, hands down!!! ~We thank thee Heavenly Father for keeping her well. :)
Here she is singing & dancing to a Justin Bieber song at Barnes & Noble the day before the accident.
The sales clerk nearby got a kick watching her sing and dance.
Labels: ER, Sophia
