Wednesday, February 11, 2009

What's Happened to Us??????

I Know What You Did Last Winter....

That's how I feel I should start out my return to the blogging world. What a joke...posting the Halloween pics next week...

Okay, so it's been awhile. I get it. Sorry to anyone who follows my blog. What a crazy life I lead.

The most recent change in our family is the addition of a new puppy, Palin. She is a golden retriever who is now 4 months old. She is bigger than Boo, our beagle now. Overall, she is a good dog. She does like to bark at night when Rob and I are watching TV which really sets us off.

Also- on January 18,2009, Taesun hit his head on a banister upstairs while playing tug of war with Addison. It was no different than any other bonk we've seen. I guess it was mother's intuition when I knew something was wrong. I showed up to church late that day with a pack of ice and a bit relieved after speaking to the dr on call who told me not to worry. If he developed other symptoms, then I needed to take him to the ER. Otherwise, it should be fine.

Fast forward to TWO days later... yes a whopping 48 hrs later, he threw up while I was taking the girls to the bus stop. He just laid there in his puke and I knew to call the dr. They saw us right away and sent us to St. Elizabeth to get a CT scan. Once at St. E's and after the scan, I was told OVER THE PHONE, that my son had a fractured skull, a 2 mm depression in his skull, and a subdermal hematoba, which is a blood clot in his brain. We were sent to Children's Hospital in Cincy and sat there for 6 hrs. They sent us home with orders to watch him extremely carefully. After two agonizing weeks we had the second CT scan last Saturday where I found out that everything looks "normal". He still suffers from a bunch of post-concussive symptoms which really suck! He is much more aggresive and has a very short attention span. He also has a VERY hard time falling asleep and has been in our bed for over two weeks now. I am going crazy... however, I am very fortunate to still have our little boy with us!!

4 comments:

Nicole said...

Oh Stacey, I'm so sorry you've had all of this going on. Any type of brain or concussive injury is so scary. I'm glad that he had great care and has been doing better.

When my brother had his traumatic brain injury, he was also aggressive and had a short attention span. He had to go through some therapy, but it DID improve in time. Let me know if there's anything I can do for you!

Vudochki said...

WOW! Poor Taesun, and poor you! A mother's typical worries are enough without something like this. I hope all goes well. My brother had a similar experience when he was 2, but they wouldn't do a catscan until after 3 or 4 times of my mom taking him in and demanding one be done. Mother's intuition/holy ghost...Anyway, modern medicine is a wonderful thing! Keep us updated on how he's doing! You will all be in our prayers!

Dave & Kami said...

Welcome back to blogging! I am soo glad everything turned out well with cute Taeson!

Kristie said...

I am so glad that you are back to posting!!! I know that was a pretty scary thing for you guys but am glad that Taesun is feeling better!