August 10
Lucas gave us a pretty big scare. We were having a dinner and family home evening night together at Matt's mom's house, and the kids were playing outside on the jungle gym. Matisyn came running to the door and yelling that Lucas was hurt. We all went outside and found him under the jungle gym not moving. After falling five or so feet from the top of a swing set straight onto his head, he was just lying there, lethargic, unable to answer our questions, and his head and back hurt when Matt and Megan were doing their EMT check.
After some deliberation we decided we needed to call an ambulance to get him checked out. We were afraid to move him ourselves. It just wasn't worth the risk. The paramedics were amazing, and Lucas is usually completely enamored with anything with a siren, but it was all very overwhelming for the little guy. Matt was going to go in the ambulance with him because Kaylee needed to eat before I could go, but he kept calling out for his Mama. I was just happy to hear him talking because he hadn't said much since the fall. It was hard to see my little guy all strapped down and not feeling very good. I couldn't not be with him so I had Megan bring Kaylee in a separate car, and Matt followed the ambulance in our car. I was able to feed her in the emergency room, and send her back to the house with Megan. The rest of the kids were at home with Kenz and Cass. We were very lucky to have lots of help around when it happened.
He was a trouper in the ambulance. As long as I was right with him, he stayed pretty calm. The advantage to the ambulance was that even with the busy emergency waiting room, we rolled straight into a room with doctors waiting. Matt's mom met us at the hospital from work, and Megan and Matt came in pretty quickly after we arrived. After a ct scan of his brain found no brain bleeds or obvious damage they took him off the backboard and checked the rest of him out. It took awhile for him to come around, and he didn't seem to mind being strapped down while we waited for the results, so we were happy to see him returning slowly to his normal self. We were especially relieved to have good news. The trip was worth knowing he was alright.
The doctor said he did have a concussion, and to watch him close for the next little while. They kept us for a couple of extra hours to monitor him and make sure the concussion wasn't any more serious. I've watched him close since then, and we avoided anything that could cause a big fall for the first couple of weeks. This is close to impossible with a two year old boy, but we did our best! He was a little loopy and off balance for the first couple of days, but since then hasn't seemed to have any lasting effects. He was able to name all of his favorite trucks out of his books the following week, which was as good of a baseline as any for him! His head seemed to hurt for the first couple of days too, but he didn't want to admit it. He woke up the next morning saying, "my head ok, I not need ambulance, I fine!" As much as he loves "whee whoos," I think that ride was enough excitement for all of us for awhile! We are super thankful for the help from family, and the offers and prayers from friends. Having a newborn just wasn't enough going on for us this month! We are so happy our boy is alright!
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