Head trauma - Remind me what to look for?

[muppetinma]

Andrew just tripped climbing out of a chair that he's climbed out of a million times before and landed on his forehead.  About a 3' drop, didn't catch himself at all, all 30+ pounds of him on his forehead, landed on our wood deck.  He cried immediately, has a pretty decent goose egg already.  Some singing, a paci, and some Baby Einstein seemed to calm him down for now.  I'm about 94% sure he's fine.  I just can't remember what to keep an eye out for, and I'm scared to google it.  I'll somehow convince myself that he's dying of Lou Gehrig's Disease.  

[rjamz]

Throwing up, unfocused eyes, changes in behavior and lethargy.

It's good he cried right away bc it means he didn't black out

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[katfco]

It sounds like he's fine, but since you asked, these are the signs to call the doctor after a head trauma:
--loss of consciousness, even for a moment
--won't stop crying
--complains of head and neck pain
--vomits repeatedly
--difficult to awaken
--becomes difficult to console
--isn't walking normally
--pupils of unequal size
--abnormal breathing
--disturbance of speech or vision
--bleeding or fluid from any facial orifice

Keep an eye on him for the next 24 hours.

[shevacc]

Feel better soon, A! I'm sure that was scary for you. I'm not much help on what to look for but would trust what PPs said.

[TrudyCampbell]

Poor buddy!

[carawestt]

Poor Andrew! Him crying right away is a good sign.

[muppetinma]

Thanks ladies. Like I said, I'm pretty sure he's fine. He's enjoying his paci and the TV right now, two things that are usually off-limits during this time of day. I'm lucky he's not smarter, because I wouldn't put it past him to start throwing himself off of the furniture to get to watch TV all day.

[lolaburns]

We were told to watch for vomiting, lethargy, unusual sleepiness, crying and excessive fussiness ( headache) and changes in behavior for 48 hours after our fall. Our pedi wants to see him or us to go to urgent care for any fall 3' or more so maybe call your pedi?

I hope he is ok. Poor A ( and poor you)!

[greenkitty98]

Sept 11, 2013 15:15:18 GMT -5 katfco said:

It sounds like he's fine, but since you asked, these are the signs to call the doctor after a head trauma:
--loss of consciousness, even for a moment
--won't stop crying
--complains of head and neck pain
--vomits repeatedly
--difficult to awaken
--becomes difficult to console
--isn't walking normally
--pupils of unequal size
--abnormal breathing
--disturbance of speech or vision
--bleeding or fluid from any facial orifice

Keep an eye on him for the next 24 hours.

^^What she said.

I hope Andrew's head feels better soon.