Comments on: Concussed.

By: Susanna

Susanna — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:20:40 +0000

agh, yikes– this sounds so scary! glad all is well. with gender and naming: wtf??? Simone is NOT an uncommon name, nor is it difficult to pronounce! (or at least it shouldn’t be!) and she looks like a sweet girl moppet to me! so so cute with her purple glasses.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:53:25 +0000

I’m glad Seymour is okay.
The same thing happened to my baby, little Ctuhulu (Don’t get me started on how people pronounce that one!) I was sitting in our horse-drawn wagon, eating a plate of lobster ravioli in saffron sauce and sipping champagne when something startled the horses and they jerked forward between the traces. Little Ctuhulu was standing on a crate of patent medicines that my father sells between sermons (We are, after all, a traveling show and dad is nothing if not versatile.) To make a long story short, Ctuhulu toppled from the crate and landed heads first (yes, heads, he has two) on the wooden floor of the wagon.
I ran to him, the bells on my anklets jingling frantically, my colorful silk skirts swirling around my ankles. To my horror, he was lying still, tentacles motionless and his eyes (all eight of them!) half-closed with only the reds showing.
Father whipped the horses and we raced from the fairgrounds, annoying the men who had gathered to watch me dance after the sermonizing and patent medicine-selling were finished for the night.
At the ER the doctor seemed much more interested in examining my father’s groin than checking poor little Ctuhulu for concussion but eventually he got around to checking my sweet baby. He concluded that only one of my poor little one’s heads was concussed, and that mildly. Soon Cthulu was his old self again, tentacles waving merrily as he attempted to devour an infant left momentarily unattended by his mother.
I swear, if I’d known what kind of trouble would ensue from picking up that boy south of Montreal I would have told father to keep on driving.

By: Patti

Patti — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:11:57 +0000

Your blog makes my day. We’ve been to the ER with IVF baby recently too, after I jinxed us by saying (while there for my own injury) “We’ve made it a year without having to bring baby C to the ER.”

My injury is annoying me and we had a tree fall on our house in a storm, so your blog is a welcome diversion this morning. :D

By: Carol

Carol — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:25:23 +0000

sorry to hear you had a scare, but glad that all is well.

But WOW re: the thudguard – If I had known about such a thing when Danny was falling over ON HIS HEAD constantly – perhaps he wouldn’t have the developmental delays he has now. bad mother.

By: Aurelia

Aurelia — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:41:45 +0000

I’m so very glad to hear that Simone is ok, and Gawd that helmet makes me laugh. We had the flat head helmet and it’s a real helmet and lord it sucked. They sweat and it pulls on the babies face, and oh boy, just get some more padded things instead.

About the nose? They take a few hours to swell up and discolour (so of course it didn’t look like that right away, forgive yourself now) and then a day or so for the swelling to subside so they can really tell if there are any rearranged or broken bits. In a day or two, get your ped to check if she can get enough air through her nose. She likely can, but just in case. My son Mac has broken his nose twice and so far *knocks on wood* can breathe ok, no apnea. But someday, he will need a nosejob if he wants to be a male model. Oh well!

Good luck hon.

By: korie

korie — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:54:55 +0000

i am so addicted to your blog that i am reading it from thailand. on my honeymoon. inside the library building while the sun and ocean and beauty awaits. am i nuts? no, your concussion post was fucking hysterical! glad simone is ok! as a nurse, your take on the er visit was refreshing and funny. give “simon” a kiss for me!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 02:18:13 +0000

Poor Simone! Actually, poor you!

When my daughter was about 17 months (and still a fairly recent walker) she tripped on the air and smacked her head on the concrete. I proceeded to flip my shit while trying to calm her down. She had a small purple bruise and was responding to things normally. I dropped her off at daycare to get a call an hour later that she wouldn’t wake from her nap.

So I madly rush her to her doctor, a wonderful woman with the patience of a damned SAINT, to learn that Emmy has possibly had a small concussion. But that she was fine.

I have a horrible tendency of writing books in comments, but I’m happy Simone is ok! And as a person with a last name that is almost never pronounced correctly, I have a little sympathy. It’s a beautiful name though.

Get ready for OH MY GOD WHY MUST YOU RUN SO MUCH! Because it’s coming. I almost duct-taped pillows to all my walls.

By: Sue

Sue — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:41:09 +0000

My 2-year-old had to wear a helmet because of her flat head when she was younger It was cute – lavender with butterflies. I never worried about head bumps or her playing around the fireplace (closely supervised of course) I threatened to bring it out and put it on our now 18-month-old formerly known as the micro preemie. She has had more bloody noses and head bumps than my husband! (Of note, my husband used to ride his bicycle all the time and for some reason was constantly crashing and hitting his head.)

By: becky

becky — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:28:27 +0000

I had one of those helmets for my 27 weeker after 1 too many head bonks. Loved it, seriously. Saved my sanity.

By: Beth

Beth — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:53:39 +0000

i’m sorry to hear about your ER adventure… falls are the worst…! i’m so glad to hear that simone is doing okay now.

love the article you wrote for PSU — very good info. concussions scare me so it was reassuring to read that usually they aren’t serious.

also loved the “semen” comment. Hilarious!!! :)