Bumps, Bruises, and Trips to the ER…

I have always heard that little boys were rambunctious and prone to scrapes and bruises, but that has never rang so true than in the past few days. Corban loves to climb trees and perform all kinds of dare-devil stunts and while he is being Evil Kineval, I usually turn my head, close my eyes, and whisper up a quick prayer of protection. I am always afraid that we will be rushing to the ER with a broken bone of some sort. What never crossed my mind was a concussion! You see, for once in his short little life, Corban was simply swinging. No George of the Jungle type moves, just swinging. For some reason, he fell out of the swing backwards (we now know that he has an ear infection which probably caused him to be off balance). Well, he hit the back of his head on a cinder block. It made a pretty bad bump, but it didn’t break the skin, and we didn’t know he had lost consciousness, so we said “Oh, you’re tough and you have a hard head, we bet the rock is broken!” Now, before you start judging me, let me just say that I would have taken him to the ER right then if I had known he had lost consciousness, but because I didn’t, we went on with our normal routine. Until Monday afternoon. I got a phone call from the after school care that Corban had a BAD headache and was dizzy. I then found out that he had fallen again that day, he didn’t even remember falling, and he didn’t remember falling Sunday either! Off to the Dr. we go as fast as I can get there. She said he had an ear infection and a concussion and watch him that night for recurrent vomiting and a list of other things. Wouldn’t you know it, we were up all night with him throwing up. As if that wasn’t bad enough, when he threw up, it happened in the hallway and he slipped on it, fell, and hit his head AGAIN!!! I know that you know what we did then; off to the ER for a head CT. Praise God it was clear, but we were told that he could have headaches and dizziness for up to a month. Poor baby!
I hope this never happens again, but with his dare-devil personality, I am sure there will be more bumps, more bruises, and unfortunately, more trips to the ER!