After many days cooped up in our house because of ice and snow we were welcomed by a beautiful sunny Saturday. We decided to bundle up and get out of the house. Naturally, we decided to go to target. I've been wanting to get Nolan some new binkies to try because he's been using me as a human pacifier and that is NOT cool. So off we went.
I fed Nolan in the parking lot so he would take a nice nap in the store. While shopping Nolan began to get VERY fussy and very loud, I decided he just wanted to be cuddled so he could calm down. After 10 min and many laps around the frozen food isle he FINALLY fell asleep. I decided to stick him in his car seat but chose not to buckle him up just yet because I didn't want to risk waking him up and figured to wait until he was in a deep sleep before buckling him in. The carrier was in the basket so I figured he was perfectly safe. Well it worked and he was happy and sound asleep. We checked out and mommy and Ava decided it was time for coffee and a cake pop and Justin would go load the car while we got our treats
( as justin walked out of the store I went to grab my phone and call him to let him know Nolan wasn't strapped in but right as I went to dial the barista asked for my order so I hung up)
*** I don't want to be judged for what we chose to do or with what happened, so go ahead and keep all comments to yourself. We have learned a valuable lesson and hope by sharing people will too**** this is no ones fault and accidents happen but it's been very hard for us as parents.
Justin loaded the groceries into trunk and went to put Nolan in the car. Nolan was covered with a blanket and sound asleep. Justin grabbed the car seat and walked towards the car, unfortunately he slipped on ice, tried to catch himself while not dropping the car sear( he did not know I hadn't strapped him in fully) as Justin caught his balance and saved the car seat from falling out of his hands theforce made Nolan fly out of his seat
At this very moment Ava and I were crossing the street. I remember seeing Justin picking up the blanket(which had Nolan in it) and looking around with a look of absolute heart break in his eyes. I grabbed Ava, dropped my coffee and went up to the car and saw justin holding Nolan and in shock. I saw Nolans head and it had a raised bump. By this point Nolan was calm, Justin immediately called dr, and we were in route to hospital before we could even blink.
This was the longest car ride of our lives. Trying to remain calm (<-- which was impossible ) we made the ten minute drive to Le Bohnuer childrens hospital.
Nolan was tired and I tried to keep him awake
On way we called a sitter for Ava. Justin dropped us off At front door and I checked us in while justin went to meet the sitter
We got admitted right away and prepped to be seen.
Nolans overall demeanor was fine but his bump was very large. They ordered a ct scan and we waited to be scanned
Luckily we were able to stay w him during the test And he did awesome. The hospital gave us a binkie since he was unable to feed. By this point is was 245 and he hadn't fully fed since around 11. He surprisingly took the binkie and laid very calmly as I held his hand during the scan( and daddy held me).
We went back to the room and waited for the scans to come back. Longest moments of my life.
The dr came in and I knew that instant something was wrong. He showed us his "good side" of his skull and I expected honestly for nothing to be wrong, and if it were it'd just be a minor crack. WRONG. He showed us the fracture and it covered a good 75+% of his right side. Poor baby. The dr said there was no bleed or swelling and that we'd be admitted overnight for observation. He reassured us that this was a accident and happens more often than people would think.
Nolan got an iv placed in his arm( saddest thing to have to see a baby go through) and we were sent to the seventh floor overnight
Nolan was very tired and wanted nothing but to sleep so he wasn't feeding at all. They decided his best option was iv fluids and snuggles. He was hooked up to many monitors and in excellent hands. It was a relief for us to have him in a safe place being monitored by staff.
He wanted little to do with his crib and wanted to be held, which was fine by Us. His head remained very swollen but he was relaxed and seemed to be comfortable.
Ava was in excellent care, having her first sleep over at a friends. Justin went home and got us things for overnight and got us food since we hadn't eaten all day. We are and spent the time trying to regroup from the days emotional stress.
That night Nolan slept great, mommy and daddy not one bit.
The next morning he was observed and cleared. We were sent home.
He is "recovering" well and resting. His week he will follow up with his dr and in two weeks follow up w neurologist.
We have learned a great lesson always take two seconds to buckle the car seat. Even if it risks waking the baby( of course we would have in the car). But also a major one is Accidents happen, and kids will get hurt. We overall handled the situation well. Everyone was taken care of and we were there for each other.
This was and will be a day both Justin and I will never forget and a day we hope never to have happen again. Seeing a child so helpless and in pain was the worst feeling a parent could go through.
Thank you for all the love and support we have received, we really appreciated it.
The moment we found out we got to go HOME!
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