Concussion #1

One ordinary May Sunday evening, well as ordinary as any evening can be in the Pitts house, Jackson & Cason were playing outside with the two of the neighborhood kids, when Cason came running in the house crying & holding his eye. Cason coming in crying is not out of the ordinary, so we were not that alarmed... until he couldn't even talk to tell us what happened. He was just pointing to the front door. At that point, Corey & I both jumped up and ran outside. That's when we saw Jackson crying, 2 motorized scooters in a tangled mess, and 2 wide-eyed neighborhood kids. We took the boys inside & just left the neighbor kids & their tangled scooters outside. Once we got the boys calmed down & injuries assessed, we got the story about what happened. So here it goes:

Jackson & Cason decided to try out the neighbor kids' motorized scooters. Corey & I had not told our boys not to get on them. I'm still not sure why it never occurred to us to tell them NOT to get on the scooters, but we didn't. So, one of the boys was driving the scooter around the front of the house & the other one was driving the other scooter around the back of the house when they ran into each other. After that it was all a blur to them!

Cason's left cheekbone and eye area were red and swollen, so we put an icepack on & listened to him tell us that he needed to "see a doctor"(in a most whining & pathetic voice). Jackson's collarbone & ribs were sore, but he was being pretty tough about the whole thing. Corey was mostly concerned that Jackson's throwing arm was injured. He was very relieved that both arms were just fine! We tried to keep Cason awake as long as we could, but the whole fiasco happened about 7:30 & the kids bedtime was 8:30. We had had a busy weekend, so Cason was already tired to begin with, so when he fell asleep quickly it didn't really concern me. About midnight, Cason came into our room & said he didn't feel good & then ran straight to the toilet to throw up! I immediately got out my good ole' iPhone to look up the symptoms of a concussion. Of course, vomiting is one of the symptoms, but we didn't want to overreact, wake up the entire family, & head to the emergency room for nothing, so we decided to put him in bed with us & see how he was feeling in the morning. Well morning came & his face was definitely swollen & very sore, but had not thrown up anymore & he was coherent, so being the mom/teacher that I am we all went to school. I did email his teacher & asked her to watch him & let me know if she saw any changes. About 10:00, she emailed me & said that Cason would not eat his snack because it hurt to chew. I went & talked to my school nurse, and then decided that we might need to call the doctor just be safe. The doctor told us to go ahead & take him the emergency room. After a few x-rays, CAT scan, and 4 hours in the ER, Cason was diagnosed with a mild concussion. I'm sure that was the first of many concussions to come for Cason!