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child 4 bump on head, ok to keep off school 2morro?

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pirategirl · 11/02/2007 21:42

HI,
my dd fell smack on her head today on a slippy floor in a swimming pool eating area.

She has an egg! Was v shaken up, and I have decided to keep her at home 2morro, as she does PE on mondays, and was scared with them all runnin about, to hurt her egg lump again.
She's been complaining of headache.

Do you think it will be ok to keep her off this once?

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fishpie · 12/02/2007 22:46

Yes I had it for tea the other night and it was scrumptious. Anisse I think you have got the wrong idea of me- I honestly want the best for any child (and yes I do worry if any of my DC have a bang on their head!) But the fact here was that the LO was ok and a quick word in the Teachers ear would of been ok- And yes my grammar does need looking at I type sometimes how I speak esp after a few glasses of wine and having cabin fever with a child who hasnt moved off the sofa since wednesday with flu- and lack of sleep because everytime she moves she cries out in pain. Maybe I used the school attendace bit too hastily as to be completely honest I dont act agree to it because you do get people sending their DC in when sometimes they well and truly need to be at home LIKE MY LITTLE ONE AT THE MO!!!

Anisse · 12/02/2007 22:50

Sorry fishpie
Am bad tempered today (mc)

fishpie · 12/02/2007 22:51

Yes me, to at the end of the day as long as the little lady is ok who are we to judge!

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pirategirl · 13/02/2007 14:22

Little lady is well, teacher was cool about it.
Makes me laugh cos they have a non pupil day here on friday, so dd gets another day off before half term.
We have ours next week, I understand many schools are off this week?

Also, her egg incident, will not affect her GCSE results either

I have bought her some chocolate hearts for tomorrow. Hope I get to eat one.

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quietmouse · 13/02/2007 14:45

please, do not assume that a child with an 'egg' on their head is fine.

My daughter had a severe head injury over new year, fractured skull, CT scan etc....

which came up in a massive bump.

I would always get a head injury checked out tbh. Complications can occur up until days, even weeks after the event.

Saturn74 · 13/02/2007 14:53

I think you did the right thing, pirategirl.
Your DD will have learnt that she can trust her Mummy to look after her when she is feeling really poorly - and that is a valuable lesson.
I hope your DD enjoys her chocolate hearts.

Anisse · 13/02/2007 18:40

Gosh quietmouse, is she ok ?

quietmouse · 13/02/2007 19:22

yes, thanks, much better now. Back to her bossy self

but it was very, very scary at the time.

I would always get a head injury checked out. So, yes, you did the right thing to keep her off school, although it would also do no harm to have her looked at too

Anisse · 13/02/2007 19:27

Know the feeling. when dd2 was 20mths she climbed up the sofa and fell off onto the carpet. No big deal you would think?
6 hrs later in casualty vomiting with concussion. Consultants said they were preparing to airlift her with severe fracture to base of skull.
Decided to keep her there and after 7hrs in morning a second opinion said it was the suture lines from being born! she was fine.
Scary things head bumps.

quietmouse · 13/02/2007 19:29

that must have been awful.

Dd has concussion and vomited all the way to the hospital. Never been so scared in my life.

I still feel a bit shaky weeks later tbh

Anisse · 13/02/2007 19:40

Luck of the draw I think. Sometimes they bump really hard and ...nothing.
One small knock and this.
Odd isnt it?

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pirategirl · 14/02/2007 12:49

Hi,
yesterday dd totally blanked out on me when we were walking home from school. One min she was walking beside me, the next I turned round, aware she wasnt there, and she has stopped, by the kerb. I called her name a few times, but nothing. Just stood there.

Gave her her water bottle, she just stood there.

It was tippin down and one of the mums said do u want alift home, and I said ok, put dd in car, and she then started being her usuall chatty self.

I have seen her do this once before, few months back, and its either one of those or related to bump incident.

I have been to specialist, epilepsy has been ruled out for now, but I've to note any further episodes. Her dad is epileptic, and its not hereditary as he didnt get his first fit till he ws about 20.

Strange coincidence tho, with the fall.

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mummyhill · 14/02/2007 13:03

In that case I would get her checked out asap.

quietmouse · 14/02/2007 13:07

I don't mean to alarm you but I really feel you should get her seen as a matter of urgency.

My dd was given a brain CT scan which was reassuring as, despite her skull fracture, there was no bleed inside the brain.
Your dd hasn't been scanned/looked at properly since her fall, has she?

I don't think you can afford to not get her seen to tbh.

Her blanking out like that may be unconnected as you say, but it may be connected, in which case you would never forgive yourself if you didn't get her looked at. With the brain obviously there is no way of knowing what is going on inside. I think you should seek medical attention tbh.

bewilderbeast · 14/02/2007 13:12

pirategirl, take her to the docs just to get her checked out more than likely to be nothing but its better than sitting at home worrying about it.

FWIW DP has idiopathic epilepsy he didn't get his first seizure until he was in his late teens early 20s and doesn't have seizures anymore but we were told when we were pregnant that there is a 1 in 10 chance that DS could have epilepsy.

Did she have an absence when she fell at the swimming pool or did she just fall?

pinkchampagne · 14/02/2007 13:15

Defintely get your DD checked out, PG. Best to be ultra cautious with bumps to the head.
Hope she's ok.

chlochlo · 14/02/2007 13:29

DD had a bang to her head at nursery when she was 2 was slightly disorientated so went to a&e who said she was fine, a few days later she started doing this and went bact to hospital and they said they were absent seizures and may or may not have been related. She is 6 now and absolutly fine. It is worth getting checked out asap.

quietmouse · 15/02/2007 22:31

any news? How is she?

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pirategirl · 15/02/2007 22:54

HI,
thanks 4 asking. I took her to the GP who examined the bump, extensive bruising but nothing weird about the bone underneath.

The episode, has een noted, and at this stage GP thinks its not related, given the way dd behaved after the fall, immediate crying, no loss of conciousness.
So can only say that its linked to the episode she had a few months ago, which I have only seen once, but ex has seen more. it only happens when she is with him, and the consulatant paedaitrition wasn't convinced its epilepsy until it becomes more frequent, and happens wherever she is.

it is likely to be stress/emotion related, as she hates going with ex to visit. This is what I always thought as it never happend more thanthat one time in my pressence. It may have happend cos she's under the weather, or tired.

In other word, we have no answers yet!

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Anisse · 15/02/2007 23:30

Gosh, worrying time for you pirategirl.
Just to mention that my dd1 had quite a few similar incidents when she was small.
She had the relevant tests in hospital for seizures but no signs of petit mal.
She seemed to outgrow it.

Hope she is ok.

quietmouse · 16/02/2007 07:36

I'm glad she seems to be okay in herself and the GP is monitoring the situation.

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