Well last week was a bit of a week.
We had a busy afternoon and evening on Wednesday. Nerys went to yoga club after school, and it was a nice dry day so Rhys and I were able hang about in the yard and the woods quite happily until she came out.
Then the children both had school discos to go to. I wasn’t sure if they’d want to go but they were both really keen.
The thing is, Nerys is in the infants and Rhys is in the juniors, so they were at separate discos.
We all had to go to the infants’ one and then Rhys was able to stay at his by himself, so Nerys and I wandered round the local supermarket until we could collect him.
They both had a blast to be fair though, and said they definitely want to go to the next one so I’d say it was a winner in their eyes.
Then came Thursday. When I got the dreaded phone call from school to say that Rhys had fallen in the playground and bumped his head.
Now I’ve had a lot of these phone calls in the past. It’s school policy to phone the parents whenever the children bump their heads, no matter how minor it seems. But something about this one felt a bit different, so I went to pick him up.
By the time I got to school he had been sick.
And as we sat in the office waiting for Nerys to be brought out of her class he was sick again. Then he started saying that he just wanted to go to sleep.
So that was the point when we knew we needed to get him checked out.
Long story short, he’s fine.
We took him to A&E where he had a sleep in triage after been checked over by the nurses. When he woke up he was back to his normal self and happily chatting away. The doctor did a series of tests with him to check his reflexes and all sorts and said he was happy for him to go home.
We kept him home from school on Friday to keep an eye on him but he seems completely fine luckily.
It was scary though. He really had me worried for a while.
But he’s fine, and weirdly has no bump or bruise on his head at all.
I think it’ll be an afternoon we’ll all remember for a while though. And we’ve all been laughing about how well we did getting Rhys until the age of 8 before we had to do a dash to casualty.
Have you had to take your children before? How old were they when it happened?
Aww! The school discos sound like fun!
Poor Rhys. It is a worry when they have a bump to the head! I’m glad he’s OK now. x
Sorry to hear about the hospital trip but I’m glad everything was ok! x
Oh gosh that sounds scary! Hope he’s ok now xx
He really did have us worried for a while but he seems absolutely fine now, thank you! x
What a scary afternoon! Those dreaded phone calls from the school, are the worse. I’m pleased he is ok x
Oh gosh what a scare for you all, so glad all was ok in the end! #livingarrows
Our two always love the school disco too, it’s such a highlight for them! x