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Toddler with a head injury

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Greenleaves20 · 10/12/2023 06:39

My 2.5 year old DS tripped over on Friday and hit his on the corner of a stone step. He has a 4cm deep to-the-bone cut above his eyebrow which bled everywhere. We took him to a&e and the glued it and sent us home with head injury advice and he seems completely fine but I’m so worried he’s got a slow bleed on his brain as the thud on the step was so loud. Obviously I’m looking out for any signs as per the sheet but I’m absolutely terrified he’s just going to suddenly collapse. All logic has left me and I keep reliving the moment it happened and that I should have stopped him. Any advice?

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contactus · 10/12/2023 06:40

come again…. the cut went to the bone ie the bone as visible

and they glued it?

Poppsidoppsi · 10/12/2023 06:42

I would go back to A&E. If you are concerned, be your child’s voice. I hope he is ok

Lifeasiknowitisout · 10/12/2023 06:47

Actually to the bone? And they glued it and sent him home?

I mean you can take him back, if you are concerned but it’s not clear whether there is an actual concern or it’s purely your anxiety.

Are you generally anxious?

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Greenleaves20 · 10/12/2023 06:56

His behaviour etc is normal, no vomiting, running around like a normal 2.5 year old. Nothing from the head injury advice sheet that is a worrying feature at the moment so I feel like they wouldn’t really be able to do much in a&e. I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t scan him when he’s behaving so normally.

I generally have a low level of anxiety but this has really got to me and I feel worried and awful about it.

Here is a pic. Not the best quality but it was very deep:

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Greenleaves20 · 10/12/2023 06:57

It’s the noise of the thud that I can’t get out of my head. Surely that’s going to have caused some damage internally?

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addler · 10/12/2023 07:03

No medial advice, but what you're experiencing and feeling is completely normal. It's your brain's way of trying to make sense of what happened and process it. It was a really scary thing to witness and it'll loop in your mind for a while, but it will fade.

When my son had a nasty accident I too heard the noise over and over, and I felt so physically awful from it. But it does fade, and now it's just a bad memory and a scar. DS was completely fine long before I was, he was bouncing around the hospital after a few hours and ended up whacking his head on the hospital bed in the exact spot he had injured Confused

I hope your son heals soon and you feel more at ease Flowers

contactus · 10/12/2023 07:05

is that 4cm?

that’s pre glue? what does it look like now?

contactus · 10/12/2023 07:06

Greenleaves20 · 10/12/2023 06:57

It’s the noise of the thud that I can’t get out of my head. Surely that’s going to have caused some damage internally?

oh i remember that. turning it over and over in my mind.

have a quiet day. no plans. lots of cuddles and keep a close eye

IWillBeWaxingAnOwl · 10/12/2023 07:18

To avoid future PTSD in yourself OP, I'd recommend 1) play some Tetris on your phone or computer (not joking!) 2) when you relive the memory, force your brain to take it all the way to him being okay. So he fell, this, ambulance/drive to A&E, assessed, glued, sent home and merrily running about safe at home.

These things happen to small (and big!) Humans, it's not your fault.

hangingonfordearlife1 · 10/12/2023 07:24

same exact thing happened to my daughter, same wound, they glued it. she now has a lovely harry potter scar- she's 15 and loves it

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