I remember feeling Mike get up out of bed. He does this each morning. I roll myself over on to his side of the bed (because I like it better) and go back to sleep. Usually he spends a few minutes waking up and then puts the dogs out. So it was no surprise when a few minutes later a couple of the dogs started barking. I thought Mike might be outside playing with the big dogs and the small dogs were barking because they were excited and wanted to be outside with them. They barked for at least a few minutes and I was getting ready to get up and deal with them when I heard Mike say something to them. I figured he was outside and was yelling in to tell them to be quiet.
A few minutes later, Mike opened the door and told me he needed me to get up and help him. He left the door open and headed towards the bathroom. I got up and as soon as I walked out of the bedroom, Mike told me that he needed me to stop and to be calm, okay? Okay. Still waking out of sleep, I trudged toward the bathroom, but was instantly alert when I saw the pile of blood on the floor. I asked what happened and he told me that he would tell me in a moment. He then turned towards me and I saw a large gash above his forehead and blood all over his face. YUCK! So I got out some towels and helped him get things cleaned up. Then he sat down so I could look at it. The bleeding seemed to be stopping, but it was still a big cut.
He had been feeling lightheaded and had already gotten down on the floor once and put his feet up to try to make that lightheaded feeling go away. He thought he was feeling better and got up. He doesn't remember passing out, but must have and hit his head on the bathroom counter (we are assuming). This must have been what the dogs heard and why they were barking, but I didn't realize that. He woke up on his own on the floor in his blood. Again - YUCK!
So, since the cut was on his head, I didn't feel great about just butterfly bandaging it. We decided to go to the 24 hour clinic to see if he needed stitches. I went to get changed and at this time noticed that it was like 2:10 in the morning! This whole time I had thought it was later, so this was a shock to me.
Of course, we got to the clinic to see that they were not indeed open 24 hours. So, we went to the hospital emergency room. Believe it or not, we were only there for a little over 2 hours. They did an EKG to see if his heart rhythm affected his passing out. Cleared that! WHOHOO. They did a CT scan to make sure that he hadn't hurt himself more when he fell. Cleared that! WHOHOO. They gave him a Tetanus shot because he hadn't had one in more than five years. And finally - they gave him 6 stitches in his forehead.
Unfortunately he still had to go to work today. One of his co-owners was on vacation today, so they needed him to be in the office. I wasn't thrilled with that, but I called him and he is doing okay - just needed pain killer for the headache.
We plan to spend the weekend mostly inside the house and I'll get to take care of him. Whohoo! Praise the Lord it wasn't worse. I'm almost thankful that I didn't find him lying on the floor in a pool of blood. I think I totally would have freaked out. At least this way he was able to warn me and ask me to be calm.
A few minutes later, Mike opened the door and told me he needed me to get up and help him. He left the door open and headed towards the bathroom. I got up and as soon as I walked out of the bedroom, Mike told me that he needed me to stop and to be calm, okay? Okay. Still waking out of sleep, I trudged toward the bathroom, but was instantly alert when I saw the pile of blood on the floor. I asked what happened and he told me that he would tell me in a moment. He then turned towards me and I saw a large gash above his forehead and blood all over his face. YUCK! So I got out some towels and helped him get things cleaned up. Then he sat down so I could look at it. The bleeding seemed to be stopping, but it was still a big cut.
He had been feeling lightheaded and had already gotten down on the floor once and put his feet up to try to make that lightheaded feeling go away. He thought he was feeling better and got up. He doesn't remember passing out, but must have and hit his head on the bathroom counter (we are assuming). This must have been what the dogs heard and why they were barking, but I didn't realize that. He woke up on his own on the floor in his blood. Again - YUCK!
So, since the cut was on his head, I didn't feel great about just butterfly bandaging it. We decided to go to the 24 hour clinic to see if he needed stitches. I went to get changed and at this time noticed that it was like 2:10 in the morning! This whole time I had thought it was later, so this was a shock to me.
Of course, we got to the clinic to see that they were not indeed open 24 hours. So, we went to the hospital emergency room. Believe it or not, we were only there for a little over 2 hours. They did an EKG to see if his heart rhythm affected his passing out. Cleared that! WHOHOO. They did a CT scan to make sure that he hadn't hurt himself more when he fell. Cleared that! WHOHOO. They gave him a Tetanus shot because he hadn't had one in more than five years. And finally - they gave him 6 stitches in his forehead.
Unfortunately he still had to go to work today. One of his co-owners was on vacation today, so they needed him to be in the office. I wasn't thrilled with that, but I called him and he is doing okay - just needed pain killer for the headache.
We plan to spend the weekend mostly inside the house and I'll get to take care of him. Whohoo! Praise the Lord it wasn't worse. I'm almost thankful that I didn't find him lying on the floor in a pool of blood. I think I totally would have freaked out. At least this way he was able to warn me and ask me to be calm.
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I would have freaked out too. We are certainly glad that Mike is o.k. and we hope that you both get a restful weekend.
Ok, so I was just looking through my emails and saw that Mike sent a lovely picture of his beautiful forehead. I was going to call and ask what happened... but obviously I know now. Oh my! How scary. Head wounds are always the worst b/c they bleed so much. You sure like to have busy weeks. Hope he is doing better. And that you both get some rest this weekend!
Wow! This is really weird...it must be the week for head injuries. My brother-in-law, Jason's brother, had to get stitches in his forehead, too. Check it out here: http://downs-lovebugs.blogspot.com/2008/09/jeremy-hunter_11.html
I hope Mike is doing better now and doesn't have any more trouble with passing out. That is pretty scary.
oh wow!! glad it wasn't worse! why did he faint? is he anemic or just prone to that? glad you were there!
Praise the Lord that It wasn't any worse, but we can only imagine what you were feeling. Please take care and don't try to be a blood donor on your own again! :o)
yikes!
crazy that 24 hr clinics aren't open 24 hrs!
hope he got plenty of rest yesterday...
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