Yay for ER visit tonight.

[hymen]

DS2 fell off the back of our couch this afternoon. Landed on his head/front. He cried pretty hard and then just laid on the couch for a few minutes, and didn't want his left side touched. He also had a major goose egg on the left side of his forehead and was just acting a bit lethargic/cranky.

So I decided to take him to the ER. I tried urgent care first but they said for a baby with a possible head injury it's automatically to the ER. And it was packed. We ended up waiting for 2 hours, and of course within that time DS is acting normal, no signs of his left side bothering him, acting happy, etc. I was thisclose to leaving but they finally called us back. Doctor took a look at him, told me what to watch for, and sent us home. The exam was a total of 5 minutes, maybe.

*sigh* Better safe than sorry, but that was one long-ass wait for the doctor to tell me he was fine.

[mom2twoboys]

Oh no. Glad he seems ok. It is always when you finally get called back that they start acting fine.

[Monica Geller]

Glad he's okay. Sucks about the ER wait though.

[flamingeaux]

Peace of mind is worth it. My baby was acting totally normal but had a goose egg from when he fell off the bed so I brought him in. As a wise person once said "No damage, thank God", and move on.