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.

@TSBelliot

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.

But op isn't making a panic choice...this happened in the afternoon and the op posted on here at 1am. So at least 8 or so hours later. Sorry but we need to take personal responsibility sometimes instead of waiting for others to give us the answers, I thought it was basic knowledge that a head injury in a child followed by behaviour changes and a possible seizure requires medical attention. Not trying to be rude to the op but I am a bit perplexed why shes come on here at 1am to ask instead of ringing doctor at the time it happened. Like I said before, I really hope the ops daughter is okay.

Agree with everyone else. this child needs seeing ASAP in The emergency department. Could be a stroke or seizure related to brain haemorrhage. I am a doctor ( we are obliged to say this by gmc by the way!)

I hope your DD is ok and you have got her the medical care she needs. For future reference, something like that really is an emergency and time can be crucial. Also a bad bump to the head should also be checked out.

I think in fairness the bump sounds like one that didn’t need checking out until this happened - as she didn’t show any signs of anything until today
Today however definitely needs checking I hope it is all ok

Why on earth haven't you taken her to a&e immediately? A bang on the head can cause bleeding on the brain either slow or fast
There could still be bleeding going on. I've seen this before. It can cause strokes, epilepsy and permanent damage. Go to hospital straight away she'll need a scan right away.

Bloody hell OP, a bang on her head several days ago then this incident and you were going to wait and call the Dr? Hope your little one is okay.

Kids fall.
I'm sure OP watched her little girl after she fell on Saturday- it's been three days.

Op sending luck
🙂

quartz even though her child appears fine today, it was the immediately after that it the concern.

Face drooped, eye out of focus......the child might look fine today, but needs an urgent check up.

My child who had had a stroke looked and appeared to be acting normal a day or so later. The CT scan told a different story.

Good luck op, hope everything is ok.

Sending hugs to you OP. I know what it’s like when you’re in the middle of a situation like this and you don’t know what to do for the best.

My twins banged their heads a lot at that age (still do occasionally) and their paediatrician told me that if there was an injury that warranted medical attention (other than a cut / bleeding which is obvious) you would know from their behaviour - any out of the ordinary behaviour following a head injury needs to be checked out, even days later. Hospitals have a very low threshold for seeing young children who are preverbal and can’t tell you how they are feeling.

It may be entirely unrelated to the fall, could be a seizure, or a stroke - but she really needs to be seen urgently. I hope you are there now or on your way - don’t worry about what you didn’t do at the time, just worry about what you’ll do now.

Things like this are really frightening - sending

Why didn’t you go to A&E at the time of the bump or yesterday when the incident happened? You need to seek medical attention ASAP.

I think we can stop the pile-on now, OP has said she is seeking medical attention. Please let us know how you get on OP.

please dont scare op off by crticising

Hope the little one is okay OP, this sounds terrifying. Hopefully you’re at the hospital being reassured as we speak

@LadyPenelope68

Why didn’t you go to A&E at the time of the bump or yesterday when the incident happened? You need to seek medical attention ASAP.

Do you think every time a child bumps their head they are taken for medical review

Some of the responses on here are harsh. I took my DD to hospital 3 days old after she choked on some mucus but because I got the mucus out early and her oxygen levels were back to normal I got grilled on whether she definitely had choked and was not just crying and had went blue because of that. If you ever see a baby choke there’s a big difference between that and crying! Anyways it’s because you get stuff like that which can make you doubt yourself as you think am I overreacting. Therefore as much as we can say you should have took her to hospital I can see why OP may have hesitated. Let’s be nice to her, we don’t know what she’s going through. All my thoughts are with you OP I hope LO is ok

OP doesn't sound odd. She sounds like someone inexperienced. Her DP was there and made the same choice. Ignore the mean comments OP. You have probably got your dd to a doctor by now. I hope she is OK

Theres nothing wrong with observing a child after a head injury, if no other concerning symptoms happened at the time, otherwise parents would be in ED every 5 mins!

I came on to say kids can have strokes as well as seizures, but given the head injury. A&E is the course of action to do here not GP, they will just send you to the hospital anyway.

I'm a shit mother. The thread has compounded my existing belief (not being sarcastic )

Called 111. As dd is ok since the incident yesterday they have not recommended a&e but have arranged for my GP to call me today and then that should lead to face to face appointment today which I will make sure happen and was my plan anyway.

That's all, I've asked for this thread to be deleted now. Thanks to the people who contributed and didn't rip me apart.

You not a shit mother. You care about your baby and are doing the right thing. Glad 111 aren’t too concerned. Hope it goes well today.

Could be bells palsy as this can be brought on by trauma. Hope your little girl is all right.

You’re not a shit mother at all OP. Whatever people say they’d do or how they think they’d react, being in the situation is different, and I can understand that if it resolved quickly you didn’t feel like A&E would be necessary. In my experience of having kids, it’s very rarely black and white whether you need to go to A&E or not and there have been times I’ve been really unsure of what to do when mine have been ill or hurt. It’s much easier to have clarity from outside the situation.

I hope the GP can help today and doesn’t fob you off - I think it’s really important that they investigate this