I'm guessing that most people in the working world would call a day crazy if their computer crashed, the copier jammed, a deadline got moved up or the boss was in a bad mood. Well, as a preschool teacher my crazy days look a little different.
Thursday started out fine, the kids were playing nicely and no one was too hyper or bouncing off the walls. I was on vacation with a couple girls in Hawaii (which was located in the library center... obviously), and we were sitting on a couch with a wooden frame and legs talking about the beach and all the things we could do in Hawaii.
A little boy, Ian, was playing with a toy Hummer by crawling on the ground and "driving" the car everywhere. He must not have been watching where he was going because he whacked his head on the wooden leg of the couch I was sitting on. I got up right away because I knew he'd be hurt, and as I was walking to get him, he stood up and was crying.
I picked him up, and he said he bumped his head. I sat back down with Ian on my lap so I could look at his head and see how bad it was. When I went to look at his head, he leaned back and his body when totally ridged. I called his name, but he didn't respond and wasn't breathing. My immediate thought was that he was having a seizure. Then he wet his pants (and my lap), gasped for air and went totally limp. All of that lasted about 30-45 seconds, but it felt like an eternity.
I called for help from another teacher, we took him up to the director's office and she called 911. It was the first time in 20 years that the school has had to call for help. By that time, Ian was responding to the questions I was asking him, but he was lethargic and quite shaken. The paramedics and his mom arrived in about 10 minutes. The strangest thing was that even though he hit his head hard enough to cause a seizure, there was no blood or major swelling... just a little mark.
Ian's going to have a CAT scan and some other neurological testing done, and I'm really praying that this is an isolated incident and that there is no underlying problem or reason that he would have a seizure so easily.
So keep Ian in your thoughts and prayers and I'll be sure to keep you updated when I hear any news. That's a picture of him from our fire safety week.
I hope that everything ends out okay for him! How scary for everyone!
ReplyDeleteHow is he doing? When my sister was little she would cry so hard she wouldn't get enough oxygen in and she'd do the same thing, go all rigid and then pass out. FREAKED her pre-school teachers out too. She grew out of it and is fine. Hopefully that'll be the case with your little guy too!
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