B's 1st ER visit....

Brightlie.  Ice pack.  Popsicle.

This past week Brightlie had her first ER visit at Banner Ironwood, while her mommy had a nervous breakdown!   It all started with Brightlie's love for climbing.  She decided that she would try to climb up on one of our bar-stools (which i constantly discourage, so she rarely gets away with it) but apparently i was not paying enough attention (although i was in the same room, cleaning!)  Anyways, all of a sudden i hear a THUD, and look over to see my baby on the ground (carpet, luckily) with the bar-stool on top of her!  As i run over and pick her up, and as she begins screaming at the top of her lungs, i see before my very eyes ....... a huge bump on her forehead!  AND it is protruding out of her head like in a cartoon!!!!  (yes, straight up with stars and horse shoes swirling around it- it was awful!)  I panick, grab my phone and call B's pediatrician.  As i frantically explain, the receptionist puts me straight through to the doctor, who suggests that we instantly go to the ER  due to head trauma. Thus, i rush B and myself out the door.  Her forehead/goose-egg is already deep bluish green. I rush to the hospital and luckily they see us right away.  Although i was panicked, b wasn't crying, although she clung to me and was scared of the doc & nurses.  But, the doctor was very good with her/kids, and i was impressed.  He even got B to give him a high five.  The nurses fell in love with her, and gave her 4 stickers and a Popsicle.  She was quite the star (prob cuz the ER was nearly empty while we were there).  It was a scary ordeal for me, but b was great, and thankfully the doctor said that she had a mild concussion, would have a bad headache, and a giant goose-egg for the next 2 weeks.  But NO brain swelling or internal damage.   Life at our home is always exciting!  :)  Glad B is okay!