craftykitten
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Post by craftykitten on Aug 16, 2015 18:31:11 GMT
I'm glad you got her checked out and that she is ok. I'm really stunned that none of the professionals involved advised you to do that earlier. Hopefully this can be a learning moment for them!
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Oct 6, 2024 2:42:05 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2015 22:20:56 GMT
Thank you all. She was checked out late last night. The ER listed it as a suspected concussion and said to treat it as such. She never lost consciousness, and what appeared to be pretty crazy symptoms to a momma were deemed normal and mild to the ER docs she saw. As the day has progressed today she has slowly lost all symptoms except for a slight headache and being tired. They said to expect this for a few more days to a week. She will be reevaluated tomorrow by the schools trainer who works on conjunction with a sports med doctor from our local hospital. At that time they will redo her impact testing. As of right now, she is on restricted activity. I'm so glad to hear that she's feeling better. Hopefully she heals quickly and is back to normal real soon. Sorry, I thought I read that she lost consciousness. That just happened to a friend who had a bike accident yesterday -- I must have mixed up your stories.
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Post by birukitty on Aug 16, 2015 22:59:30 GMT
TankTop did your daughter get a CatScan (spelling?) while at the ER last night? This is done to rule out a blood clot or bleeding on the brain, and is very important that it is done following head trauma especially given your daughter's symptoms. It is a myth that you have to lose consciousness for this to occur.
Ironically I myself was at the ER last night having a cat scan last night for the very same reason. I hit my head when I tripped in my bedroom and in an effort to try to save my right shoulder/arm which had surgery on it 6 weeks ago for a torn rotator cuff, I tucked my arm into my body instead of falling with my hands out to break my fall. Instead I fell and my face hit full force against the side of the open door in my bedroom. It hit really hard, and I had ringing in my ears for the first 10 minutes. My head felt really strange and it hurt like hell, so first thing I did was lay down on my bed while DH checked out my pupils-he said everything looked okay.
DS drove me to P.T. after about 30 minutes (the ringing had stopped) and my physical therapist told me to watch out for signs of a concussion (something I hadn't even thought of). After P.T. I went home a googled the symptoms and it said ringing in the ears but I didn't have anything else so I let it go. The next morning I woke up with a stiff neck and a horrible headache. The stiff neck bothered me-it was strange and my head again felt very weird. Back to the internet I went and again it said those two symptoms too, and "when in doubt, get it checked out" because there were no symptoms for brain bleed and the only way to be sure was a cat scan. I didn't want to go-the ER on a Saturday? But Liam Neeson's wife's death kept bugging me, so I went.
The doctor told me I have a light concussion and the cat scan was clear. She also said it was very important to come in and get checked-that you can't tell without a cat scan. 5-10% of people have blood clots or brain bleed. That's not very many, but who wants to take a chance and lose their lives over something like this? It is not worth it. She also said that most symptoms occur the second day or for days afterwards.
Debbie in MD.
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Post by gritzi on Aug 17, 2015 2:23:57 GMT
I agree w/birukitty! Please be sure to call & follow-up with a concussion specialist tomorrow. As previously stated, my DS's recovery was initially thought to be 2 weeks. He was finally released 7 weeks later.
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