Before we talk Birthdays...

There will be a slight detour on our way to the birthday post.   Mostly because I reached another milestone first-  one that landed me firmly in the Emergency Room!


The day before my birthday, I decided to try my hand at diving off the bed.  I landed square on my noggin, and it hurt a lot!!   I cried for a few minutes, and after some snuggling from Mom, I was on my merry way again.   Who puts hardwoods in a bedroom anyway?   Mom figured I'd have a pretty good goose egg, and that would be the end of it.   Over the next few days, my head started taking on a jelly-fish like quality, with a lot of swelling on one side.   A late Friday call to the pediatrician's office confirmed Mom's suspicions-  I needed to be seen.  They were good enough to see me on a Saturday morning.    The pediatrician didn't like what she saw, so off to the hospital we went!  (In the picture above, the left side of my head is a little large. See?)


The nice nurses at the hospital loved me!  They brought me toys to play with, and told me how cute I was!  Naturally, I obliged them with a little dance, and huge smiles.   What headwound?    I had to take a ride in a wheelchair, and get some xrays in a big donut shaped machine.   A head CT they called it.    I didn't like being held still, but they let Mom stand next to me and rub my cheek.  That helped a little bit.   Dad stood in the next room, and saw my brain on the computer!  They said I had a skull fracture, and my swelling was "impressive."   My brain was just fine, so nothing to do now but wait a few weeks for the swelling to go down.   And no more bed diving.  Doctors orders.



All of that excitement from the CT made me sleepy, so I took a little snooze on my gurney.   By the time I woke up, it was time to go.  I waved goodbye to all my new nurse friends, and told them I'd see them again sometime.   Mom really hopes we don't.