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.

Hope everything goes well at gp appointment.

Hi Have you spoken to the GP yet?

I'm sorry if my comment was hurtful, you are not a shit mum op, you sound stressed and overwhelmed. Please do not call yourself a shit mum, you mean the world to your little girl. Please treat yourself with kindness and love.

You are not a shit mother, you posted here for concern as you wanted someone to tell you to seek help. You then phoned 111, but next time it’s ok to go stratocumulus to A&E in the week post head injury with these symptoms.

I hope everything is okay with your little girl.

You are not a shit mother. Don't beat yourself up about this. Kids bump their heads all the time. Hopefully you will have got some reassurance from the doctor now. Never hesitate to seek medical advice if you are worried.

@HedgeOwl I'm liking the random cloud reference in your post.

Hah, my earlier message saying Mumsnet is full of b-words has been deleted by HQ. Does that mean I've been reported by aforementioned b-words, or is the word itself not allowed?

Haven't been here long enough know how it works!

I hope your little girl is ok. 💐

You aren’t a shit mother. I have an anecdote that might help you feel better:

When DD was 14, she fainted in the shower one morning, hitting her forehead on the floor as she went down. This was at about 7am so a while before she needed to leave for school. She was very keen to still go to school and had no nausea, dizziness or confusion so she went off to school. At about 10am I had a call to come and get her as they thought she should go to A&E. by the time I got there, she had a full-on black eye- a proper shiner. I sheepishly took her to A&E and all was fine. I felt that the school must have thought I was an awful mother to send her in in that state, but in my defence the black eye hadn’t developed when she left for school and she was so cheerful and keen to go!

I’ve always encouraged the DCs to brush themselves off and get on with things when they hurt themselves but in retrospect, I realise I should perhaps have been more cautious on that occasion 😬

I've reported that disgusting comment and hopefully it will be deleted very soon.

You’re not a shit Mam. If you were you wouldn’t care. Take heart, trust that gut and enjoy your little one.

@Dailyhandtowelwash

I've reported that disgusting comment and hopefully it will be deleted very soon.

I was just in the process of reporting when it got deleted.

OP I hope your DD is OK and you've been seen by now. I know you probably won't come back (I wouldn't!) but I've been thinking about you and your DD all day. So in case you see this just sending best wishes.

I would call A and E if you can .Just go straight there .

why are you wasting time here instead of calling your GP ?

@2bazookas Maybe read the thread.

I know I'm late to this but just wanted to say, you poor thing! You must've gotten such a fright.
I hope you both are OK.

Please let us know how your daughter is.

Don’t feel like a bad parent, it’s so difficult knowing what to do for the best. My kids have banged their heads badly numerous times and I haven’t had them checked if they then seemed fine. If this had happened at a later date I wouldn’t necessarily have linked the two. I often google things once my children are in bed and then start panicking but it’s difficult knowing whether to wake them or not. Obviously the 111 operator didn’t think it was terrible that you hadn’t her her checked or they would have said to take her to A&E immediately. 💐

Just seen this thread, OP you are not a shit mother at all.

Hope your DD is okay.

This is why all new parents should do a paediatric first aid course.

This kind of reaction after a banged head should very obviously ALWAYS result in a trip to A&E.

Hope all is ok OP.

Has the gp called? Hope all is ok

@LindaEllen

Sorry but why are you posting on here instead of getting medical attention for your child?

And why are you posting without reading OP's posts? If you had, you would see that she said hours ago that she was getting medical attention, and indeed it's somewhat likely that in the 7 hours that elapsed between her last post and yours she has already done that.