10 year old suddenly clumsy and mixing up words

[Marioodd]

I have a 10 year old daughter who is suddenly very clumsy. At first I thought she needed glasses as she would walk into doors, and trip over things on the floor. We got her tested and she has glasses now. Still with glasses she is still hurting herself and recently bruised her arm walking into the wall? She’s always been very good at talking but now mixes up words when talking. Recently we were talking about a German shepherd , she said I can’t wait for a sherman gherpherd. It’s happened a lot recently and i can’t for the life of me get a doctors appointment. Google is not helping! Is this normal??

Go to A&E

I agree. If this has all begun recently and you can't get to a gp then go to A&E.

This is urgent. Go to A&E

And they won’t think I’m wasting their time?

@Marioodd Never doubt your instincts. You know your daughter better than anyone. Take her to A&E and get her checked out - those are some very urgent symptoms.

It could be something, it could be nothing. Definitely take her to be seen. They won’t think you’re a time waster. If it was me that saw you I would be happy to see you in these circumstances.

I would also take her to A & E.

@Marioodd

And they won’t think I’m wasting their time?

Honestly OP, have a word with yourself. Does it really matter if they do?! Would you rather ignore what could be a serious medical/neurological issue. The mind boggles

Bring her to A & E - it does not matter what the medical personnel think. They are not interested in you, they don't have time to judge you or an interest in doing so. All that is relevant to them is the health of your child.

I would also go to A&E. hope she is ok, must be very worrisome.

Nope... not with a kid presenting with these symptoms.

I agree with A and E.

I agree op, she needs to be checked out.

This is a sudden development that appears to be neurological. This is a red flag and needs urgent attention. Bypass GP, get to A&E

How long has this been going on for, obviously some time if you have gone through the optician and glasses route?

And honestly they won’t judge you. I once too my child in when she was a toddler with a stomach bug. She’d not passed urine in over 12 hours and seemed overly tired. She perked up, and passed urine, almost the moment we got to A&E. The Drs still insisted if done the right thing and to NEVER second guess myself if I’m worried.

How long ago did it start?

Also, are you saying you’ve told your GP what you’ve told us here (a child with sudden onset multiple neurological type symptoms) and they’re refusing to assess her? If so, I’d complain.

Thank you everyone we have an appointment at the hospital this afternoon

Hope it goes well

Honestly, the best possible thing you could do is come back and report that the doctors said that nothing at all is wrong with your lovely DD... unfortunately I think your intuition is correct.

It's the best thing you could do, even if it's just for reassurance.

I would never take the risk with kids, they can’t alway articulate what is actually wrong/wouldn’t think to mention some important small symptom.

My son started being sick, had tummy pain. We assumed he had a tummy bug until about 3 days later I thought he just doesn’t seem right so took him to A&E even though I was worried I was wasting thier time.
Turns out he had a burst appendix, worst one surgeon had seen in years, had to have some of his bowel membrane lining or something cut away, all his insides washed with saline and was really poorly for weeks.
Oddly while we were waiting for the surgery he suddenly felt better pain wise (which would have been when appendix burst) if we had been at home we would have assumed he was getting better and he could have died from sepsis.

So I would always say better to be safe than sorry.

I hope the appointment went well. Best wishes to you both!

Thank you everyone, we’ve been in hospital all day. They’ve let us go and we have to go back some point next week for an MRI

Glad you have an MRI sorted.Sorry it has been such a trial to get her seen.