Mason Mason Mason

Mason hits his head all the time, case in point...

Since he started climbing out of his crib he thinks that if he comes out of his room with his blanket on his head then we won't see him. And he runs into walls and hits his head along the way but it doesn't matter he just keeps on walking until we catch him and put him back in his bed. I never think too much about it because unless I wrap this kid in bubble wrap he's just going to keep hitting his head on things, he's a crazy kid!

But today we found oursleves in the Emergency Room because of this pretty little head of his... Let's go back to Sunday. I was at home with the kids while Russ was at work and the girls come into my room and say that Mason has fallen off of Reeslyn's top bunk in her room I think to myself how bad can it be he jumps down from Reeslyn's bed all the time (I have even posted a video of it before). Then I thought, well why isn't he crying??? So I run into their room and he is laying on the floor trying to get up but he can't (this is when the panic sets in). I try to pick him up and he is completely limp. I scoop him up in my arms and he is completely white and I can't get his eyes to focus on me. I frantically call Russ at work and he doesn't answer (hello he works in the ER I need his expertise right now!!!) I call Keith & Steph next door and through sobs I tell them to come over. They run over and by the time they get there (about 10 seconds) he has totally come to and is look around like nothing happened. Then he fell asleep and he slept until the next morning (this happened at 5:30 pm). I made sure to wake him up every couple hours though to see if he would respond and he did every time. The next morning he wakes up just like normal and he hasn't had any symptoms of it since. Ok now fast forward to today. Mallory went to a friend's house and Russ is asleep because he worked all night and I need to go to Wal-Mart and I think to myslef I should really wait until Russ wakes up so I don't have to take Mason because he is a climber and no matter how tight I make the seatbelt in the cart he always finds a way out. But I go anyway. Right when he gets in the cart I put his seatbelt on and cinch it tight. I then go straight to the bakery to get him a donut because I figure if he's busy eating he won't climb out. This works beautifully until the donut is gone but I'm not done shopping yet. So sure enough he climbs out of the seatbelt and falls out of the cart. I look over and the whole scenario from Sunday plays back in my head. He is on the ground and can't get up. I pick him up and he is limp. His face goes white. I call Russ (he answers this time). He tells me to come home and he will look at him. I start walking to the check out (because I want to at least pay for the donut that he already ate). I notice that one of the lenses has popped out of his glasses so I turn back to look for it. Then he starts to have a seizure! This part didn't happen on Sunday so I am a little freaked out!!! I call Russ back because now I don't know what to do, do I stay and look for his lens on the ground (I know, crazy), do I call 911, do I take him to the hospital. I was frozen. I couldn't make a decision. I tell Russ to drive up here right now and help me. He gets there in record time but now Mason is completely out and won't come to. Russ does all his handy ER stuff to try and wake him up and nothing works. He won't wake up. Now I don't care about the lens (but I am a little worried about walking out of Wal-Mart without paying for his donut) Russ tells me to get over it and get in the truck so we can go to the ER. He calls one of the doctors that is working and then calls his sister (who is the director of the ER) and we get there in record time. They are all waiting for us in the ambulance bay and I get out with Mason in my arms and I lose it!!! I am bawling because my baby won't wake up and they walk up into the room and I set him down on the bed and he wakes up! (and starts screaming I might add). They take him straight back to CT and he is still screaming and scared to death. They want to try and get the CT without sedation but it's not looking good. He only wants Russ to hold him so he goes in with him and I have to wait in the hall. I hear him screaming and I say a prayer (please Heavenly Father help him to calm down so they don't have to sedate him, please!) He stops crying. They get the scan and the nurse comes out and says "Wow that gave me chills, I can't believe he just calmed down so quickly, you must have quite the touch Russ (little does she know). They were able to get a great scan of his head and the results... he has a really big brain and everything looks normal (the doctor really did say he has a really big brain). After the CT was over he was up and running around like nothing ever happened. They told us it's very normal for kids his age to have a seizure after hitting their head. So we are in the normal category all around and that's where I want to stay! Oh and we did find the lens for his glasses, it was in the weirdest spot (another tender mercy). And I went back to Wal-Mart and paid for his donut!