Yesterday there was a lot of ice…and the “invisible” kind too which is the worst. I had gone out to help Brian put something in his car and thought that the driveway was just wet, but I slipped a little and realized it was all frozen. Later that day, Aiden, Brady and I were supposed to go meet some friends, including Logan who was with his buddy, for an afternoon at the local inflatables jumping place. Aiden needed me to help him with something, but Brady was ready to go. I was JUST about to warn him about the ice, but he went out before I had a chance to say anything. About 20 seconds later, he came tearing into the house screaming that he hit his head. He had run out on to the driveway and SMACK – fell down and hit the back of his head on the concrete. He was VERY upset, confused and couldn’t see very well. He asked for water, forgot what he had asked for and asked for it again…even though he was holding it. It became obvious after about 5 minutes that he needed to go to the Emergency Room. Brian and I packed the boys into the car and left.

Here is my facebook post from today:

Conversation yesterday in the emergency room after Brady slipped on the ice and sustained a concussion:
Nurse: can you point to one of these faces to show how you are feeling right now?
Brady: points to the happiest face
Me: That's how you're feeling baby??!!
Brady: well, I'm happy....my head just hurts a lot!

We were taken back quickly thanks to a phone call from a friend who works at the hospital (my hero of the day!) They did a CT san on Brady’s head to make sure there was no bleeding. After an hour and a 1/2, we found out that his brain looked good…definitely a concussion, but no bleeding. Phew!! He is supposed to take it easy, EARLY bedtime for a week, very limited TV and video games, no reading, no running around. He came home and couldn’t stand lights so I set him up in my room with the lights down. He fell asleep around 6 and pretty much slept until 7 this morning. I was with him in our bed while Brian was with Aiden in the guest room (because of course poor Aiden threw up around 11pm…he was the last man standing who hadn’t gotten sick. I’m still the only one who hasn’t puked in the last week!) Logan was thankfully sleeping at his friend’s house and got to miss the whole thing!

Today Brady is acting totally normal. We are being cautious, but he seems good. He hasn’t had a headache, he’s back to being able to tolerate lights and is eating. I downloaded a few audio books (Diary of a Wimpy kid etc). He and Aiden lay on the couch this morning for a while just relaxing and listening to them. As I am typing, he ran in to update me on something they are doing in the living room. You would never know…but we’re still going to be on high alert!!

Sleeping it off in the ER while we waited for the test results. We had to keep him awake the whole way to the hospital and only let him fall asleep after the doctor said it was OK.

Chillin to an audio book this morning…drinking his 3rd of 3 Gatorades we purchased…doctor’s orders. 

He took sunglasses to run errands with Daddy.