Strange thing happened to toddler face drooped. Seizure?

[worriedcantsleep]

I'm going out of my mind with concern
My 20 month year old dd was drinking her cup of juice this afternoon and had just done a poo so was about to go over to her to pick her up to change her.
I looked over at her and her head was tipped back slightly and the left side of her face had drooped. Her mouth was hanging open on that side, she looked like a drunk person I callout to her and she is now looking in my direction but one of her eyes is unfocused and looking outwards.
I grabbed hold of her and picked her up and she looked like she was losing consciousness. I called shouted her name in her face then my partner came over and did the same and dd appeared to 'come back to the room' as such and started crying.
I would say this whole thing lasted no more than 20! Seconds.

We took her to the changing mat to get her sorted and read to her from her favourite animal book whilst this happened to see if she would interact with me as normal and she did.

What could this have been? After she went to bed I started to google and all that kept coming up was seizures and brain tumours. I'm beside myself and can't sleep . I'm terrified this could be cancer and we will loose her and we love her so much and waited 5 years for her.

Anyone have any experience of this.
A bit of further info
She banged her forehead badly on Saturday afternoon whilst playing. She cried and there is a big bruise.
She appears to be teething her first mollars at the moment and she has been dribbling excessively for a couple of weeks now but she has NOT got a fever/temperature with it.

First aid trainer here- this absolutely warrants A&E right now. Just get in the car with her and go. Please do consider getting yourself on a first aid class for parents so that you are clear on when to seek help next time.

I hope all is okay.

Don't bash the OP , she's got enough going on right now .

Banged her head on Saturday. It's now Wednesday? Did she lose consciousness at the time of the bang?

What have 111 said? I would have called 999 (but I'm prone to the dramatic).

Please get her seen by a doctor ASAP don’t wait for 111

Go to the hospital immediately. Do not wait around calling 111 or for the GP in the morning, just go now.

How’s your little girl?

"Don't bash the op. She's got enough going on at the moment"

This

I’m also quite shocked that the OP didn’t seek medical advice for a head injury, but I wonder if one of the consequences of lockdown and toddler groups being off etc, is that there are a lot of new mums that are
missing out on crucial advice like this.

Hi OP.
I hope your daughter is getting medical attention and of course, hoping it’s absolutely nothing. Sending lots of luck your way. Please let us know how you get on.

It's terrifying when things like this happen...we don't always seek medical advice because of panic. I hope she's ok OP...don't feel bad...you did what you thought best because she went back to normalx

Hope she's ok op.

Hope she is OK, OP. Don’t be fobbed off - she needs to be seen in person. Don’t underplay the situation to 111. It is scary but if you use the specific terms ‘head injury’ and ‘suspected seizure’ they will help you to get the help that she needs.

blimey,
hope you got her seen op

It's quite scary people come on here and ask instead of ringing a doctor..sorry op but you can't mess around with head injuries, you said it was quite a severe knock and with the behaviour changes and now the face dropping its vital she gets seen asap. I hope your daughter is okay

Sounds like Bells Palsy. Hope you got some reassurance.

@peachgreen

If she banged her head and is now displaying this sort of behaviour you should take her to A&E. Don't wait until the morning.

This.

It’s odd not to think that people in panic make choices they might not make when thinking more clearly. People seek advice and act on it. I hope all is ok op.

Hope you are seeking medical advice

A few years ago my toddler fell to the ground, when I got them back up, I noticed their face had drooped.

They didn't seem able to move their left side. Went to A and E. They'd had a stroke following chickenpox.

Always best to check if something has happened out of the ordinary. Hope it's not serious.

Re reading your OP. Definitely go and seek help. Explain what happened. Although rare, strokes in children can be caused by a bump to the head.

I’d have been straight to A&E, no question.

Hope she is ok

How did you get on op?

Hope your daughter is ok OP

but... next time... (if there’s a next time)... call 111 / a&e rather than come onto a chat forum at 1am