Allie's First...

Yesterday morning I woke up to the sound of a big bang coming from the other side of the house where my kids sleep. I heard a couple of moans from Allie and so I jumped out of bed to see Allie lying on the floor in the bathroom. When I got to her, her face was as pale as a ghost and it looked like she had passed out for a second. She has done this often so at first it didn't bother me much. But then she started dry-heaving and it took a while for her color to come back. I checked her eyes to make sure they were dilating and following my finger which they seemed to be. She eventually got some color back but she continued to complain about her ear hurting which is where she fell. I waited a couple of hours to see if it would eventually pass but by 10am she was still complaining (which she rarely does) and her color didn't seem too good either. So I called the Pediatrician to see if I should bring her in. They said I should so we were there within a half hour.

The doctor checked her out and said that she couldn't see anything wrong but that she wanted a CT scan because of the loss of consciousness and throwing up; both bad signs after a head injury. Well after a few more hours registering at the hospital and waiting in several more waiting rooms she had her scan. The funny thing about Allison is that she will rock climb steep rocks and try most anything dangerous but when it comes to anything related the the doctor she is TERRIFIED. As soon as I put her on the scanner she looked at me with those big blue eyes like I was leaving her in a den of lions. The doctor was so awesome though and talked her through everything and put a heated blanket on her which she loved. His voice was almost hypnotic to her and she calmed right down. We then had to leave the room where we just watched through a window but she was so brave and SHE DIDN'T PASS OUT AGAIN! Yeah! Her head was OK from the fall but they did find that she has a really horrible sinus infection. One of those really bad ones that doesn't show really any symptoms but can cause vertigo. So we are unsure if the sinus infection caused her to have vertigo, pass out and fall or she fell and then passed out. Either way, she is on a strong antibiotic now and seems to be doing much better.