Concussion!

Yep, Lily has a concussion! Yesterday she and I were sitting at the kitchen table having lunch. Lily leaned back in her chair and fell straight back onto the ceramic tile floor. We have a high table and the chairs are more like bar stool height, so the fall was about 5 feet. OMG, she was in so much pain, her back was immediately bruised up, she could barely catch her breath! I called my mom who of course told me to take her to the ER, but I called her pedi instead who told me to bring her right in. On the way there she was complaining that her neck hurt and that she felt like she was going to throw up. By the time we got to the doctors office, her pupils were dilated, she was mumbling through her sentences, and acting very hyper (which is one symptom I had never heard of). She could not sit still, which was reassuring that nothing was broken. She had a knot on her back, along with lots of bruising and a knot on the back of her head. No broken bones, just a mild concussion. I had to wake her up every two hours last night, which annoyed her, but it was really just a nudge to get her to roll over, or do something. She was able to go back to school today, but I had to send a note to her teacher, just in case she started acting funny, the pedi said that could take a few weeks to get completely normal. She seems to be ok today, though her back is obviously sore.

Poor baby...poor mommy too, I was so scared! I'm just so thankful she is ok!