Any Doctors or nurses about? So urgent.

[MelissyMoo]

Hi all.

I’m so sorry but I’m purely posting here for traffic. My 15 year old son was assaulted very badly by a professional boxer (18) at the beginning of this week. He was admitted to hospital and had a CT scan to check for any obvious bleeding. Everything was ok. He was diagnosed with a severe concussion. He has lost about 2 weeks of memory and can’t remember anything at all from the day of the accident. He seemed to be improving but in the last 24hrs he seems to be deteriorating. We were given a list of red flags to look out for but none of this is on there so I don’t know if it’s ok to just keep letting him rest without taking him back to A&E?

• It takes on average about 6 times for him to register me saying his name if I’m right next to him. He is in a complete daze.
• He has no appetite at all and is still very nauseous.
• He cannot sleep.
• He cannot remember things I’ve said to him just an hour or so before.
• He has developed intense anxiety and is very confused.
• Things he started remembering he has now forgotten again.
• He is very pale and lethargic.
• He is extremely sensitive to sunlight.

I called the hospital but they wouldn’t let me speak to anyone. What do I do? Is this all normal post concussion or do I need to take him to A&E?

Please be kind. I’ve never experienced this before and I don’t know what is normal and what isn’t. Thanks so much in advance.

So not to drip feed.. yes the police are involved and we’ve done everything we have had to do so far as we know. We’ve been very vigilant and I’ve been sleeping next to him every night.

My son has braces and was able to have an MRI scan at St Georges. They just had to use one of the older style scanners I think called a 1.5 scanner instead of a 3T scanner.

I have had an MRI with braces.
OP the Child Brain Injury Trust are amazing, I am glad that you have been in touch with them.
One piece of advice that I wish I had been given when my child was injured, was no screens. Instead we were on a noisy ward with a huge tv .The brain needs quiet and no bright lights after concussion. So try and keep your ds off screens for now. Rest and quiet . He may have mood shifts, or be less able to regulate his moods, he will be more tired than normal.

Talk to the CBIT about the scan - I could not pursue compensation for DD as she didn’t have the correct scan at the time. It’s not an MRI btw

@MelissyMoo How is your son now? Been thinking about him as I heard about another incident where a boxer has assaulted another boy in a school.