26.10.05 / Uncategorized / Author: admin

10/25/05
Audrey had her first “emergency” trip to the Doctor today! After jumping down from a toy that she shouldn’t have been standing on, she tripped and fell forehead first into the sharp corner edge of the entertainment center. I was shocked that there was no blood, but the lump on her head was huge and had pulsating veins throbbing out of it ! I was sure that her skull was cracked and her brain was ready to burst out of her head. I grabbed my purse and the diaper bag and immediately got her in the carseat and started driving toward the hospital. After calling my Rob and my Mom on the way, I realized that I had left water boiling on the stove ( I had just started cooking dinner)! Rob got home just before all the water boiled out of the pot ( 1/8 inch of water left!). The swelling and pulsating subsided on the way to the After- Hours Pediatric Clinic so by the time we got there I was calm. Audrey had stopped crying but was drifting in and out of sleep. The Dr. said it was a bad contusion/hematoma but that her scull was ok. He examined he for a while and then told me to wake her during the night and check her pupils for symmetrical dilation. He also said that she had a large amount of swelling and blood and it may settle in her sleep, so not to be surprised if she wakes up with two black eyes and/or swollen eyes. We went home (It is a miracle we had a house to come back to) and put her to bed.

10/26/05
She woke up this morning and her head looks much better and she doesn’t have the dreaded black/swollen eyes. She’s acting like herself (I’ve already caught her trying to climb onto the coffee table this morning). This kid has no fear?!?!

These pictures were taken about 3 hours after it happened, while she was eating dinner at home. (This was after the swelling stopped and there werent any more veins bulging out of her head!)