Bowling and 911

We had a scary afternoon at the bowling alley on Thursday. We thought it would be fun to take Hudson bowling - and he loved it. They set us up with bumper lanes and even brought out the ramp that handicap people use to push the ball down - and he was loving it. Until he stepped over the foul line and wham! He hit the back of his head when he fell and immediately started crying. I was right there because I was getting ready to grab him right as he fell so I picked him right up and he went limp in my arms. He was doing - what I thought - was that thing babies do when the cry and hold their breath before letting out another wail - but then it kept going and going. His eyes were shut and he was limp and I knew something was wrong. I was yelling for Jamie and when he got there he took one look at him he grabbed him from me and said "call 911!" He didn't think he was breathing. So I found the phone and called. By the time I got the operator on the line Hudson had come around but was still acting very listless and quiet. He was probably only unconscious for 30 seconds at most and we aren't sure if he really stopped breathing or if it was just cause he was crying when he blacked out but it had to have been the longest 30 seconds of my life!

So they sent out the ambulance and a firetruck. It took 6 minutes or so for them to get there and by that time Hudson was acting much more normal. He was pointing down at the lanes like he wanted to go down and bowl some more and at the water fountain saying "drink."

We were both pretty disappointed in the paramedics - when they got there they came up to us and looked at Hudson and said "Well, what would you like us to do?" Ummm.. hello? You're the ones "trained" to deal with accidents like this, right? Evidently not, cause the only thing they did was feel the back of his head for a bump (and then ask us if we thought if felt normal) and try to take his blood pressure but the cuff was too big and he wouldn't hold still. So they just said to watch him and take him to the ER or call them again if he was acting abnormal or nauseous.

That night at dinner Hudson was really tired and kept sitting in my lap and putting his head down like he wanted to sleep. He never acts like that. That night he slept all night (although with me in my bed so I could check on him every once in a while) which is abnormal behavior for him right now as well. (We think he's teething cause he hasn't been sleeping at night or napping much the last few weeks.) But the night before he didn't go to bed till 4 am so he had to have been tired, plus have a headache! Besides being tired he acted normal Thursday evening and he was fine all day yesterday so there doesn't seem to be any other consequences from the accident. Besides the fact that he isn't allowed to bowl again till he's 16!