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I hope for his sake this doesn’t last.

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We’ve learned that the fracture is about 2cm long and the plates in the skull bone did not seperate.  It ended up being the best case scenario for a head injury.

We’ve had to make little changes around the house.  For example, his bed is just under a foot tall but we’ve still installed a railing.

It should begin to heal in about 2 to 3 weeks but we’ll have to keep careful with him for a few months.

He should make a complete recovery.

Thank you so much everyone for your prayers.

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Yesterday all the girls in the house were having a nap and the boys were doing their own thing.  While feeding the dogs and cat a very late breakfast, Thing 2 took a spill.  He was walking up the basement stairs  and was about 6 stairs up (and wearing his brothers shoes).  The hubby turned around for a split second and all of the sudden there was our son lying on the basement floor.  It is unfinished and he tripped under the railing landing head first on the concrete.

We really felt it was simply bumped and bruised but wanted him to be looked at just in case.  The hubby took him in and I stayed back with Things 1 & 3.

About an hour later my husband phone saying they had sedated him for a CT scan.  They suspected a concussion.  While this would have completely sucked, looking back I wish it was.

A few minutes later the phone rang again.  It was not a concussion, his skull was fractured.  From this point on a lot of it is a blur.  A pediatric neurosurgeon was being rushed in and surgery was imminent.

I dropped the phone at this point and screamed a few choice words.  My brain instantly turned off.  Fortunately my neighbours were with me and took over.  They took in the other kids and took me to the hospital.  On the way I was trying to call my parents and my Father-in-law except I’d hold the phone to my head without dialing and couldn’t figure out why it wouldn’t ring.

Once at the hospital it was really hard to see him like this.  By this point the swelling was obvious and his ear was no where near where it should be.  Another scan was preformed and it showed there was no bleeding into his brain so surgery was called off unless things changed.

I stayed the night and wanted the hubby to sleep.  There is no use having us both burned out and I had more rest up until that point.  Cognitive Assessments were done every half hour all night.  He passed with flying colours.  He was not allowed to do anything other than lay down.  He’s a total trooper.  He peed all over us both overnight but I’ll still take it you know?

In the morning I was SHOCKED when a nurse came in and told us he had been discharged.  What?  I am so not cool with that yet here we are now at home.

I’m trusting my Mommy gut and we may be back there again tonight.  He’s still in good shape except he won’t stop throwing up.  If we don’t bring him back we have an appointment with our family Doctor bright and early in the morning so we can see what to do then.

***UPDATE***
He is on his way back to the hospital.  While he is mentally ok, he will not stop throwing up.

Please send prayers.

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Thing 2 used to be our quiet little sweetheart… notice I said he used to be.  He’s now a little hooligan.  Paired up with Thing 1′s constant busyness it’s been interesting.  Even as I write this (just after 10pm) they’ve escaped their bedroom for the umpteenth time.

Last week Thing 2 started escaping his crib, he quickly figured out the doors and snuck in to his brother’s room.  We put a second bed in there and they now room share.  This is backfiring in our faces.  Thing 2 still thinks of it as a novelty so he plays, leaves, and is an instigator to Thing 1.

I still wouldn’t have it any other way though, they keep me on my toes.

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Here is some history;

• Thing 1 was born at 38 weeks weighing 4lbs 15ozs.
• Thing 2 was born at 35 weeks weighing 5lbs even.

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They’re coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!

They’re coming to take me away, ho-ho, hee-hee, ha-haaa

To the funny farm. Where life is beautiful all the time and I’ll be
happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats and they’re
coming to take me away, ha-haaa!!!!!

Does anyone remember

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Thing 2 had his 6 month check-up last Wednesday. He is now 15 pounds, 1 ounce. That keeps him in the 25^th percentile but following the curve nicely. He is 26 inches long. A boring appointment so it’s all good.

Thing 1 is a hoot lately. Today he was playing with my webcam (built in to my monitor). He took a photo of him and I. It’s a scratchy looking photo and he looks almost like a ghost but I’m showing it off anyway because he took it.

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