So, we almost made it all year without a trip to the ER. Today was this little girl's turn. While playing in the back of the van, as she often does while I am getting things out of the front, Elsie apparently stopped to rest while leaning up against the back door of the van. I unknowingly opened it, and Elsie fell out the back, landing in the street directly on the back of her head. The sound was bad. If you're a parent, you know and dread the "thud" I heard this morning. So, we got back into the car and paid a visit to our favorite $50 entertainment. The pediatric ER was slow, and we were talking to a doc in less than 30 minutes. (!) He and the nurse washed off the small contusion (less than 1 cm, they told me) and explained that if left alone, it would heal in 7 to 10 days. Since it would be covered by her hair, a staple would not be necessary to lessen the size of the scar. It bled. And that freaked Elsie out. She had blood on her hands, her jacket, her hair. But by the end of the day she told me her head didn't even hurt. She's a tough one, that Elsie. And so we have continued our yearly and sometimes quarterly visits to the ER. We're very thankful our little Bug is ok.
27 December 2010
Almost
So, we almost made it all year without a trip to the ER. Today was this little girl's turn. While playing in the back of the van, as she often does while I am getting things out of the front, Elsie apparently stopped to rest while leaning up against the back door of the van. I unknowingly opened it, and Elsie fell out the back, landing in the street directly on the back of her head. The sound was bad. If you're a parent, you know and dread the "thud" I heard this morning. So, we got back into the car and paid a visit to our favorite $50 entertainment. The pediatric ER was slow, and we were talking to a doc in less than 30 minutes. (!) He and the nurse washed off the small contusion (less than 1 cm, they told me) and explained that if left alone, it would heal in 7 to 10 days. Since it would be covered by her hair, a staple would not be necessary to lessen the size of the scar. It bled. And that freaked Elsie out. She had blood on her hands, her jacket, her hair. But by the end of the day she told me her head didn't even hurt. She's a tough one, that Elsie. And so we have continued our yearly and sometimes quarterly visits to the ER. We're very thankful our little Bug is ok.
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Im so sorry, is she ok? little kids are tough, and get over things quickly.She will go on like nothin ever happened
Glad but not surprised to hear that she recovered. She looks so cute in the "family coat and hat". Her Great Grandma Burkley bought that coat for her mama. Since then it has been worn by several of the little girls of our family.
Happy that Bug has a hard little noggin. Susan, Becky and Katie all wore this coat, but hated the hat too. Was happy to see it again
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