What a Day!
I have been dreading this week for weeks. It's Christmas vacation for the kids in school so I have been anticipating having 5 kids here all week. Two of them (Wesley and one other girl) tend to have temper tantrums so that adds to the fun too. I knew it could get ugly. I've been preparing activities and crafts to help keep everyone busy and entertained throughout the days.
Well one little boy has been sick the past two days so he hasn't been here. Of course, he's such a sweet little guy that he's pretty easy and fun to have around. But yesterday I managed to keep everyone happily entertained throughout the day and things went pretty smoothly. I was hoping for a similar day today.
We got off to a pretty good start today. We worked on a cool craft and then went downstairs to play. I thought I'd make a quick trip down to the bathroom while the kids were heading downstairs. However, by the time I got to the stairs (less than one minute) I could hear the girls calling out to me that Wesley had been hurt. I ran down the stairs and saw Wes lying on the floor with one of his legs at a weird angle. He was lying face down so my first thoughts were of his leg. I gently rolled him over and saw that his eyes were rolled up. I checked his leg and it was limp. I called his name and he tried to look at me. I knew right away that it could be something serious so with Nick and work and me at home with 4 kids I felt the best thing to do would be to call 911, so I did. Then I called Nick and got him on his way home.
By this time Wesley was completely conscious and crying. A lot. I never saw him completely unconscious but I wasn't there when he was first hurt so I can't say for sure. He had apparently been crouching behind our Klik Klak couch and Darcy was sitting on the couch. She got up and leaned back, which kicked in the Klik Klak mechanism and the couch laid down, with Wesley underneath. That knocked him over and he hit his head on the floor. We've got a nice carpet with a super-thick pad underneath but it seems he still hit pretty hard. His altered consciousness lasted less than 15 seconds and then he was crying hard.
The paramedics soon arrived and were concerned but not freaking out. That really helped me to calm down. Nick arrived by taxi soon afterwards and we decided to be careful and have Wesley taken to the hospital by ambulance. We could have taken him to a hospital or clinic on our own but the paramedic seemed to feel that the ambulance would be better in case he started vomiting or lost consciousness on the way. Nick went with him while I stayed at home with the girls.
Well, he was apparently laughing, joking and singing in the "ambulance truck". They didn't have to wait terribly long at the hospital before he was seen. The doctor gave him a good checking out and she felt he didn't require any further testing. They said that when consciousness is lost for more than a minute they get concerned but because his was so short it wasn't as much of a concern. He needs to take it easy for a bit, but he seems to be just fine. A man from our church is an emergency room doctor at the children's hospital and he popped in too. He said everything this first doctor said and they were on their way. The girls and I drove over to the hospital to pick them up and he was his normal, silly self all the way home. He's been fine since he got home.
We've now pushed the couch against the back wall to make sure that nothing like this happens again.
On a completely unrelated note, tonight before bed Darcy and I started reading "Anne of Green Gables" together. She has a young readers version (that is probably still a bit beyond her comprehension) so that's where we're starting. We read the first chapter tonight and she didn't want to stop. At the end of the first chapter you still don't know if Matthew and Marilla are going to keep Anne or not. She was pretty worried about that. I reminded her that the name of the book is, "Anne of Green Gables" and that Matthew and Marilla live at Green Gables so it looks promising. We're looking forward to reading more tomorrow night.
So that's been our exciting day. I would much rather have dealt with some fighting and temper tantrums, but we're really glad that Wesley is OK.
Well one little boy has been sick the past two days so he hasn't been here. Of course, he's such a sweet little guy that he's pretty easy and fun to have around. But yesterday I managed to keep everyone happily entertained throughout the day and things went pretty smoothly. I was hoping for a similar day today.
We got off to a pretty good start today. We worked on a cool craft and then went downstairs to play. I thought I'd make a quick trip down to the bathroom while the kids were heading downstairs. However, by the time I got to the stairs (less than one minute) I could hear the girls calling out to me that Wesley had been hurt. I ran down the stairs and saw Wes lying on the floor with one of his legs at a weird angle. He was lying face down so my first thoughts were of his leg. I gently rolled him over and saw that his eyes were rolled up. I checked his leg and it was limp. I called his name and he tried to look at me. I knew right away that it could be something serious so with Nick and work and me at home with 4 kids I felt the best thing to do would be to call 911, so I did. Then I called Nick and got him on his way home.
By this time Wesley was completely conscious and crying. A lot. I never saw him completely unconscious but I wasn't there when he was first hurt so I can't say for sure. He had apparently been crouching behind our Klik Klak couch and Darcy was sitting on the couch. She got up and leaned back, which kicked in the Klik Klak mechanism and the couch laid down, with Wesley underneath. That knocked him over and he hit his head on the floor. We've got a nice carpet with a super-thick pad underneath but it seems he still hit pretty hard. His altered consciousness lasted less than 15 seconds and then he was crying hard.
The paramedics soon arrived and were concerned but not freaking out. That really helped me to calm down. Nick arrived by taxi soon afterwards and we decided to be careful and have Wesley taken to the hospital by ambulance. We could have taken him to a hospital or clinic on our own but the paramedic seemed to feel that the ambulance would be better in case he started vomiting or lost consciousness on the way. Nick went with him while I stayed at home with the girls.
Well, he was apparently laughing, joking and singing in the "ambulance truck". They didn't have to wait terribly long at the hospital before he was seen. The doctor gave him a good checking out and she felt he didn't require any further testing. They said that when consciousness is lost for more than a minute they get concerned but because his was so short it wasn't as much of a concern. He needs to take it easy for a bit, but he seems to be just fine. A man from our church is an emergency room doctor at the children's hospital and he popped in too. He said everything this first doctor said and they were on their way. The girls and I drove over to the hospital to pick them up and he was his normal, silly self all the way home. He's been fine since he got home.
We've now pushed the couch against the back wall to make sure that nothing like this happens again.
On a completely unrelated note, tonight before bed Darcy and I started reading "Anne of Green Gables" together. She has a young readers version (that is probably still a bit beyond her comprehension) so that's where we're starting. We read the first chapter tonight and she didn't want to stop. At the end of the first chapter you still don't know if Matthew and Marilla are going to keep Anne or not. She was pretty worried about that. I reminded her that the name of the book is, "Anne of Green Gables" and that Matthew and Marilla live at Green Gables so it looks promising. We're looking forward to reading more tomorrow night.
So that's been our exciting day. I would much rather have dealt with some fighting and temper tantrums, but we're really glad that Wesley is OK.
posted by Sue Matthews at 8:22 PM
2 Comments:
We're glad Wesley is alright too!
Hi Sue, I'm sitll reading your blogs. I find them very interesting. I'm so glad that Wesley is okay. Boy, that's scary. BTW, was the emergency room doctor Steve Noseworthy? I know that he is a pediatrician and that he is in Ottawa and that he goes to the Army. He is a very good friend of Dayna's.
All the best and a Happy New Year to you all!
Glenda
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