Had to take DS1 to A&E last night, he is ok but there was a really poorly baby and I can't stop thinking about him.

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DS1 tripped over bike, whacked knee on doorstep. Xrayed, not broken but bad bruising. He has crutches for a few days, which he thinks is pretty cool.

There was a young couple who had just arrived as we were leaving. Their little boy (looked about 10 months) had hit his head, gone to sleep and couldn't be roused. . It's mad, it really upset me, the nurse was rushing them through to a cubicle as we walked by.
Really young mum, looked terrifeid

I have thought about them all night.

What happens with concussion?

Oh poor little duck, at least they were in the best place.

My DS (who has mobility problems) has been admitted for observation for concussion 8 times in 3.10 years, we've never had more than 15 min obs tbh as none were too serious.

DS was in hosp this am having his legs cast and a woman in labour was wheeled past us into the delivery suite, she was without a partner/doula (I'm sure they were on their way) but she was distressed - she came from the observation ward upstairs so many have been early, didn't look that big.

This (strangely) really upset me tears came to my eyes, I can't work out if I was sad for her or me (PTSD following birth/lack of care of DS there or the fact I will never have another).

You must be a very lovely person to know if as you have so much empathy.

I'm sure he will be fine.

one thing has stuck in my mind from a&e i went in at 7 weeks pg with horrendous cramping. the woman across the ward was big bumped and so very drunk she was being sick everywhere & falling around. this was 6 years ago and i still remember.

hope your ds recovers well.

We have had several trips to A&E over the yearss with 4 boys . Fortunately all fairly minor things. Often it's all put into perspective when you see a seriously injured or sick child.

It was so sad seeing the nurse trying to rouse him and no response at all. Poor wee chap.

once we were in hospital with ds he was 8 weeks old and had meningitis, we didn't know if he was going to make it but luckily after 10 days he pulled through and was recovering well. But a little girl the same sort of age was in the cubical next to ds with the same illness and she died it was soo soo sad.

When dd was in intensive care when she was a baby there was a boy next to her who had dived into a swimming pool on holiday and it had been very shallow. He was in a coma, completely paralysed and without much hope of a meaningful recovery. And yet his parents still found time to be so kind to us, when they had so much to deal with themselves. It was a real eye opener for me having only been a mother for 2 weeks at the time.

when my grandson died of cot death december 2006 the a and e moved them away from any children and as they were leaving a little toddler ran out behind the curtain the sister ran scooped child up and put back behind the curtain,poor kiddie must have wondered what the earth was going on but my dh says he will never forget it

That's sad hazygirl . I am a student paediatric nurse, they would have sedated the little boy and sent him for a ct scan. It can be very hard to see families in situations like this. I once cared for a child that had died. I had to literally lock a family in a room with me and take longer to triage them so that the child could be moved to the bereavement room. It makes you more paranoid about your own children though.

i have nothing but praise the way nurses and doctors treated us when jayden died even looking after my pensioner parents in a and e they carried him wrapped in blanket to them from chapel of rest ,it was a lovely gesture ,and they made sure my parents were ok,

They all find it very sad. One of the doctors cried after they had looked after the girl. We are all human. I don't think anyone would do this job if they didn't care.

oh hazy that must have been an immensely difficult time. I often wonder how medical staff deal with the death of a child. It amazes me, I would be a hopeless wreck.

the pathologist said she cried after doing pm ,she came over and hugged us and said how lovely he was ,and sorry she had no answers,she was humanx