Last Sunday night, Micah hit his head pretty bad and we ended up taking him to the ER. He pulled himself to standing on a dining room chair at Matt's brother's house and he fell backwards. Unfortunately he didn't let go of the chair when he fell, and the chair fell on top of him and he had a nice dent in his forehead from where the chair hit him. Matt was concerned he had a skull fracture, so we took him in. He was pretty inconsolable and it hurt when we touched the dent. It was also turning black and blue pretty quickly.
After sitting in the waiting room at Children's for about an hour, he had turned the corner and was back to his normal self.
At this point, Matt and I actually considered taking him back home because he was fine.
In the end, we decided to see a doctor. We didn't want to worry about him overnight and have a concussion. He said we would know within the first 2-3 hours if he had a concussion and by the time we saw a doctor, we were already 2 1/2 hours past the time that he fell. Micah was acting like his usual self, so she said there wasn't much to worry about.
Do you know how much this ER visit is going to cost us?? $73!!!
That is ONE advantage to hitting your deductible! You can take your kid to the ER for super cheap!!
(I have been in the ER way too much lately. This is Micah's second trip and Matt was there last month for his kidney stone. Hopefully this is the end! If not, it better happen this year!!)
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