What a god awful day!

Well here I am on holiday in sunny Yorkshire and what I hear you ask did I do today?


Well I spent most of it in Hull Royal Infirmary in the A&E department and then on the 13th floor childrens ward (where my wife still is).
The reason why?
We went to visit the dinosaur exhibition and 'The Deep' in Hull, we parked at the deep and started to walk towards the dinosaurs with my Sis-in-law to be Wendy carrying my youngest daughter, Amelia (who is 2).
Wendy tripped off the kerb face first and as she fell Amelia landed on the back of her head and neck, Wendy landed on top of her.
Although shocked Amelia seemed okay but 5 minutes later after constant crying she was violently sick twice.
We headed straight back towards the car and called an ambulance
They took her with blues and twos to the hospital with a neck collar on where they did a CT scan of her neck and brain.
They came back and first told us that her brain was fine with no bleeding, second that her neck was also fine although maybe a bit of whiplash. Then they dropped the bomb shell that they wanted to keep her in for observation  as she has a fractured skull.
So that's  our holiday just about ruined, but at least she should be okay with the fractured skull (which should heal on it's own) and a concussion.

what was your honeymoon like?

foxymk1 said

what was your honeymoon like?

I know your witty sarcasm by now foxy but just so you know we have never had a honeymoon.
At the time we were skint and planned to try and get away for a week but didn't and that was probably a good thing as Joanna was pregnant at the time and went into early labour (at 22 weeks and 5 days) exactly one week after we got married. Callam was born a week later (23 wks 5d) weighing 500 grams and he lived for 13 days.
So as you can see our honeymoon was spent in a hospital, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham to be exact. A place of faultless, tireless, doting, wonderful Special Care Baby Unit staff who gave everything they could for him.

yeah foxy, that really was out of order, sorry to hear of that craig, i really hope your little lass is alright

i didn't expect to hear anything like that off anyone on here in that situation

that was just really, really low
i'm sure i'm not alone in thinking this.
and i'm sure craig didn't find it amusing in the slightest.

sorry foxy mate just read back what I put think I may have appeared a bit harsh.
 I'm shattered but can't sleep, missing my cuddly bed warmer wifey and my baby princess.
No offence intended.
Apologies
Cabs

best wishes cabby hope all get better soon

Cabby_Craig said

sorry foxy mate just read back what I put think I may have appeared a bit harsh.
 I'm shattered but can't sleep, missing my cuddly bed warmer wifey and my baby princess.
No offence intended.
Apologies
Cabs

never take you harsh craig, as for you mk1john, me and craig are good friends and he knows my humor, it wasnt ment in any mallishus way so shut up u muppet,

Our best wishes from me and wife cabby, she is in the best hands fella
Best wishes bud
Pete & Shaz :wink:

Sorry to hear about your little'un. Hope she gets better soon. I got a three year old lad so i can totally appreciate how you must be feeling. Chin up, hope you can have another trouble free holiday soon mate.

Really sorry to hear about this Craig, I know you've had a few ups and downs recently. But if it gives you any reassurance, kids tend to be able to bounce back from these kinds of things and she'll be able to shrug it off in the coming months and years. Its just one of those challenges life brings us, when you're happily going about day to day things you don't really think it will happen, but over a lifetime everyone will probably suffer one or two instances of serious illness or injury, etc. Is Wendy okay?

Get well soon!

Glad all's on the mend - best wishes from down saaaf

Thanks everyone.
after another day at the hospital I am glad to say they have discharged Amelia with just a few cautionary bits of advice about making sure there is no rough and tumble play etc and to arrange a follow up appointment through our GP for in a couple of weeks. Wendy is fine Paul thanks for asking just a graze on her knee and hand and slightly twisted ankle. Her main injury has been to her pride I think as despite us all saying it was an accident she blames herself.

Amelia's fracture is quite amazing in that it runs from about 2/3 of the way up the back of her head just right of centre all the way down and underneath where the skull curves underat the top of the neck.
They also told us today that at one point yesterday they thought that she may have dislocated her neck(!) but after a few more tests they are positve she hasn't.

Anyway Mrs Cabby and Amelia are both back with me now and, touch wooders, they are both going to be okay.

Craig

Hi Cabby, only just signed on and read what happened!!!  Glad to hear that everyone is okay and safe and sound at home.  Maybe now you will be able to enjoy the rest of your holiday  

Give everyone a big HELLO  

Catch you guys later,
Anji x

Bad news mate, I wouldn't worry about her being kept in though, it's for the best and hospitals in the main never take chances with little ones.

Good luck with it and my best wishes.

Tian :tlc:

Hope everyone's on the mend

With three grown up sons I've spent many an hour in A&Es and children's wards and can completely understand how worrying and exhausting it can be, but as Paul says, they have an uncanny knack of shrugging off even seemingly major traumas while you are still reeling from it!

They still give me similar grief (specially the skateboarding eldest and, strangely, my husband is no stranger to accidents) and with a grandchild due to arrive any day (hubby's son's) we've kind of come full circle!!!

 :tlc:

Take care
Debs