I’m supposed to write about our Hong Kong experience today. Unfortunately, I rushed my 4-year old son to the emergency room in a nearby hospital here in our place. My son suffered from head injury because somebody fell over him in the basketball court. They brought him home crying in paying with a swollen area at the back of his head.
My husband was out with my brother-in-law, on their way to some trails for their night-ride biking so I rushed my son to the hospital right away because I don’t know what to do.
After some physical text and Xray, the doctor recommended that my son be admitted first so they can monitor him. Since I’m still in a “panic mode” and could not think with clear head, I agreed on the doctor’s advice. I informed the attending nurse (or staff) to make the room ready for my son. Sadly, when the resident doctor told us that we will be the one to monitor our son’’s conditions (as his parents), I had to call my husband for the decision if we will let our son stay in the hospital. My husband decided that we either bring our son to another hospital or if he is already making a progress then we just bring him home and do the monitoring ourselves.
To make the story short, the hospital canceled the admittance and they let us bring our son home. They also gave us instructions on the proper way of monitoring our son’s condition.
Although no evidence of head injuries found, at the time, careful attention for the next 24-48 hours is advised.
Patient should go to the clinic/Emergency Room if there is:
- Increased drowsiness
- Difficulty in arousing the patient
- Projectile vomiting
- Continued headache
- Slowing of the pulse or respiration
- Stiffness of the neck
- Bleeding or clear fluid dripping from the ears or nose
- Weakness of facial muscles, legs and arms
- Development of convulsions
I assigned my husband to observe our son against the symptoms written above. He readily and gladly accept the role of being the “Daddy Doctor” of our son and he’s willing not to sleep the whole night as well.
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