I like her much better when she's at home in her head

[ailbhe]

This afternoon Emer fell backwards off a dining chair onto a wood-laminated concrete floor. Brief silence, much crying. Occasional screaming. Brave smiles, then more crying. She was still crying loudly more often than not about 45 minutes later. Then she fell asleep. I prised one eye open. Nothing. I prised the other eye open. Nothing. I shouted at her. Nothing. I shouted her name half a dozen times. Nothing. I shook with panic. That didn't help either.

I handed her over to my friend while I phoned the doctor and Emer woke up crying miserably.

The doctor told us to take her to A&E so we did. Just after arriving in the waiting room, she got better - her body stopped being floppy and unresponsive, her coordination improved, she was able to stand. By the time we saw the triage nurse Emer was well. The doctor was nice and warned me that a bit of vomiting after a bop like that is normal, and gave me the usual Head Injuries leaflet.

I just wish she could take baby paracetamol for the pain. I can't get her to take liquid medicines. I might try giving her half an adult paracetamol in pill form.

Comments

[kightp.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear. Being a parent can be the scariest job in the world.

So glad the doctor seems to think all is well.

[treadpath.livejournal.com]

How terrifying! Emer and all of you are in our thoughts and we hope all continues to be well.

[tiggsybabes.livejournal.com]

How terrifying *hugs* Another friend of mine had a similar when her toddler hit her head on a drawer last week :/

[nex0s.livejournal.com]

How terribly frightening :/ She is OK? Are you OK?

N.

[drdoug.livejournal.com]

Oh no! That must've been awful - for all of you. Hope she's feeling better soon.

(I'm guessing you already know about infant paracetamol suppositories? In case you don't ... you can get them over the counter at a pharmacist. They're not cheap, but then you only use them when you really feel you have to. They were a godsend for us when **FIXME had a terrible fever and couldn't keep anything down.)

[batswing.livejournal.com]

Oh eek! Thinking of her and you!

[biascut.livejournal.com]

Oh, the poor little thing. Here's to a good recovery.

[jemstone.livejournal.com]

Yikes.

Thinking many good thoughts!

[cassandre.livejournal.com]

I wanted to say the same about infant suppositories. They are the norm in a lot of European countries (eg Sweden and France) and are much more humane in my opinion. In the UK they cost a pound each, which is outrageous, so we stock up whenever we go to France (where they cost 10p each).

You can even cut them in half to give a smaller dose. Charlie protests for about 2 seconds when I slip one in.

[ailbhe]

I do have them in the house, always, because if she gets a fever it's all we can use. But the doctor said not to use them for this.

I'll see how much pain she seems to be in as we go along. She seems ok now.

[ailbhe]

I went into shock (proper shaking and freezing cold shock) but am fine now. She seems to be almost totally better but we have to watch her for a few days.

[ailbhe]

We got ours on NHS prescription, because she can't or won't take the alternatives. So they were free.

[helenprev.livejournal.com]

How horribly frightening for you all. Sending hugs and positive thoughts for a quick recovery.

[barakta]

Meep! How horribly frightening. I'm glad she 'recovered' and hope the next few days are ok.

[cassandre.livejournal.com]

Right, thanks. I've actually gotten them on prescription a few times, but our GP is very conscious of cutting NHS costs & will only prescribe them if Charlie has an illness involving vomiting.

I'm so glad Emer is OK; the whole thing sounds terrifying.

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

scary :( glad she's recovering well.

*hug*

[k425.livejournal.com]

Ouch! Poor Emer, and poor you. I hope she's feeling a lot better today.