Nc'd in case I out myself at work!
Had to take my toddler to A&E last night with a head injury, they weren't happy with how he was responding, so they kept us in overnight, and didn't discharge us until this afternoon. We've been home about an hour now. I had about 2 hours sleep, the staff at the hospital were great and we had a private room on the children's ward with a pull-down bed for me, but we didn't get in there until about 2am (we were in kids emergency dept previous to that), I couldn't sleep well as I was worried, and then DS was up for the day at 5:30am.
He's been given the all clear which is great, but he was tired and grumpy at the hospital so needed carrying and holding a lot (3yo so not small!), and we had to go home by public transport as a taxi would have cost about £50. I had to carry him as he was sleeping for half the journey, I hadn't packed his shoes in the rush or taken a buggy as we were taken in by ambulance. (So daft, but I thought we would be back the same night and wasn't really thinking straight)
So as well as the worry and lack of sleep, I'm aching all over from carrying him. I have low-level joint problems that usually don't cause too much pain but my arms and neck are really sore and stiff now.
Work were fine with me having the day off today (they are lovely) but I'm worried that I might not be in a fit state tomorrow. I teach adults and have to do a lot if thinking on my feet and use a lot if energy, not really any time to sit down or get headspace, it's full on and it's a pretty long day. Even typing this I'm struggling to spell things right and remember the right words..
What would you do? Would you trust that you'd get a good night's sleep and go, or take the day off? (DS will probably go to his childminder if she's ok with it if that makes a difference...)