I am becoming really fustrated with people these days. This ederly client I have at work, kept falling asleep at the smoking table today and I told her to go to bed several times. She refused and I cannot force her so I went on with what I had to do. Well she fell asleep again, fell out the chair, hit her head and spilled hot coffee all over her. We called 911 and she refused to go to the hospital. OK,,, I have a problem with people not wanting to take care of themselves in bad situations simple because she had somewhere else to go today. So anyway,,, we have a lady with 4 kids and her youndest is 7 almost 8 months old. He is already pulling up and trying to cruise but he has hit his head several times this week. we have made report after report on his accidents this week and finally today the baby hit his head again and went in to a seizure. He looked like he was dieing,,,, he was turning grey and just completely out of it. It reminded me of my daughter the first time she had a seizure. Unfortunatly, I didn't handle it very well. That ADD set in and I got frantic,,, My co-worker was already on the phone with 911 and I am screaming at her to get off the phone and call 911. Then he went completely limp and didn't seem to be breathing and at that point he was a purplish grey,,, naturally I thought he was dieing and normally I would bust into tears but instead I try and take the baby from my co-worker who would not give him up. Did I mention I stepped in to begin with when mom was screaming that he was dead and took the baby from her. I know that if someone took my baby away at that moment, I would have went off. I was scared and reacted very badly. But what ****ed me off is that the ambulence told her that he was ok and didn't need to go to the hospital. WHAT. Kids don't just all the sudden have a seizure. Something caused it and how do they know that there isn't something going on inside his head. How dare they tell a women who's child has had a seizure after a head injury that he is fine and doesn't need to go to the hospital. I ended up telling her just that and so she said she couldn't go because they will not take her other 3 kids too in the ambulance. Well leave it to me to volunteer everytime to watch kids even though it really puts me on edge. I am now watching my two and 3 others ranging from 2-5 years old. I love kids and mine drive me crazy but not too much but when you add three more little ones to the mix,,,,, I am soooooooooooo freaken overwhelmed right now. This message has already taken 45 minutes to right cause I have to keep jumping. I really hope this baby is ok,,,, he is the sweetest baby I have ever seen (except for mine of course) and it is sooo cool that every time he looks at me he gives me this huge smile. He is the happiest baby I know. I guess part of my stress right now is I am worried about him. Anyway,,, I have to go. Thanks for listening

OK,,, just an update for anyone who took the time to read the last post,,,, The baby is fine and on his way home from the hospital so I have calmed down now. The checked him from head to toe and nothing is wrong. Guess I freaked out for nothing once again.. Oh well better safe than sorry.

Thanks for the update Draven, I'm pleased everything is fine :)!

I may not Post much (yet) but I'm looking in on everyone - you're all becoming like family. Like you said - better safe than sorry.

Your place a little quieter now?

Make the most of your weekend, get some time to yourself - take a walk in the park or something - go back to work refreshed.

Andy.

BABY GIRL!!!! ITs okay,I understand.

we have made report after report on his accidents this week and finally today the baby hit his head again and went in to a seizure. He looked like he was dieing,,,, he was turning grey and just completely out of it. It reminded me of my daughter the first time she had a seizure.

Your daughter has seizures????? like eplisy??????



Kids don't just all the sudden have a seizure. Something caused it and how do they know that there isn't something going on inside his head.


Actually small children can have siezures for a wide variety of reasons.... fevers can cause them quite easliy... .... Once the child aroused and became alert moving about normally the seisure was no longer "considered" and "emergency" necessating a "hot" ambulance run to ER. I do agree that this child should be checked out by a physicain but the check up can be done in a non-emergecy basis.




Did I mention I stepped in to begin with when mom was screaming that he was dead and took the baby from her. I know that if someone took my baby away at that moment, I would have went off.


If my baby had some thing wrong and went limp if I hadn't a clue as to what to do or I was "stunned" incapible of acting appropiatly to the situation handing the child over to some one else may be the best thing to do. How ever the way I am usually ,four ADHD children (who lived long enough to become adults now) and 20 years in the medical profession I would have screammed then checked for breathing heart beat choking ect... I would not have handed my child over to some one who was more hysterical than I felt!!!!!

Why did you try to take the child from your co-worker????? If I am rattled I am alway happy to allow some one who is in better postion emotioanlly to "take charge"!!!!!!




Well leave it to me to volunteer everytime to watch kids


This was a kind act...any diagnosis or theries from hospital what caused the seizure ?????

A bump on the head while pre-toddler is learning to become mobile is normal....when my children were learning to pull them selves up and walk they bumped there heads so much I feared people were going to think I was beating them or some thing.......I taped corners on coffee tables.......tried to catch them but still they bumped there heads on some thing daily!!!!!




Unfortunatly, I didn't handle it very well.

Sounds like you come into contact with people who aquire minor injuries or have incidences on a fairly regular basis. Have you invested in taking a first aide coarse recently...they recommended every two years if I remember right....they do this so the instructions become so repeative that when some thing happens as you have described the instructions they give will be easily retrieved by your brain during times of crisis....

I mean even after years of nursing when I walk into a situation when some one is injuried especially if there is a lot of blood, screaming, or a person is unconscense, blue, I have this brief moment of ....Oh ****.... I use this stunned second to stop and look at the person or situation by this time the second ( about the length of time it takes to snap your fingers) has passed and I can react accordingly...... Having some sort of first aide training on a regular basis may help you not freak out so badly during these times......

Your place a little quieter now?


Yes it is much quiter now


BABY GIRL!!!! ITs okay,I understand.


Brandi, you are so sweet!!!

Your daughter has seizures????? like eplisy??????


They said she had Epilepsy but the wonderful thing is she has not had a seizure since she was 18 months old. Before then she had them all the time. They said they may come back but she is 8 now and so far so good. I got better with handling the situation when my daughter was a baby but it has been awaile. lol


Why did you try to take the child from your co-worker?????


I have no idea,,, I guess because she was just holding him and in my head holding him wasn't going to keep him alive. I couldn't check his pulse or anything from where he was. So I got scared.


any diagnosis or theries from hospital what caused the seizure ?????


Nope, they checked him from one end to the other and nothing.


Yes I do need cpr classes,,, I had them about 10 years ago when I went into the cna thing but I quit the cna thing the first time I saw someone die. I am very emotional and I am at my worse around kids. I talked to my co-worker last night after the baby came home and she didn't see where I acted that badly so I guess most of it was the fear in my head and had anyone known what I was thinking at any given moment then they may have known how badly I reacted.

When it comes to grown up's I really am calm about it and react as I need to but babies are a whole other world. When I was a cna, I worked at a hospital called polk general that is closed down now. I was on Pediatrics and there was a 4 day old baby that should have been in neonatal that we were having to take care of. There was no where else to put her. I went in to do vitals and came out. As I walked out the door, her monitor went off and she died that night. I walked out of that hospital and never worked as a cna again, they finally mailed me my check because I refused to go back there even for that. I cannot handle those kinds of things with babies.

Also,, usually no one really gets hurt bad enough to call 911 where I work.,,, I don't know what was going on yesterday that we had to call 911 twice. There is a pregnant girl here too and I told her last night that she was gonna go in labor now lol But anyway,,,, he is all smiles again today and just as happy as can be. :D