Saturday, May 5, 2007
Concussion Anyone?
Jordan has had a string of bad luck lately with his head. Sounds weird doesn't it? Once you hear the story you'll understand. About 2 months ago he was outside during recess playing on this snow hill that you could slide down. Apparently he wasn't going fast enough for the kid behind him because he pushed Jordan down the hill. He fell and hit his head on a large piece of ice. He was unconcious for about 10 seconds. I took him to the dr and he was diagnosed with a pretty bad concussion. He had awful headaches for almost 10 days. The dr pulled him from gym class and outdoor recess. It took him about 2 weeks to get back to normal.
Fast forward one month. He was out at his dad's for the weekend and his grandma called me and asked if I knew about the huge bruise on the side of his face. Uh no! She went on to tell me that Jordan said that the Thursday before when he got off the bus a boy named Corey had punched him in the face.(This kid is the neighborhood bully - about 12 yrs old) I was speechless. He never said a word about it when he came home that day. I drove out to his dad's and took a look at him. It was a nasty bruise. I asked him why he didn't tell me what happened and he said that he didn't want me to get upset and go after the kid. I called the police and they came to talk to Jordan. When they went to talk to Corey he denied the whole thing of course. Nothing could be done because it was Jordan's word against his. Figures right? This kid better pray that I don't ever get ahold of him.
After that fiasco I told Jordan that he is to defend himself and fight back if necessary. That being said,rewind to this past Thursday. I get a call from the school nurse at 3:10 pm saying that Jordan was in her office because he hit his head on the pavement at recess. She told what little of the story that she knew and I had Jordan fill me in when he got home. Jordan and two of his friends were playing kickball at recess. They kicked the ball too far and a 5th grader named Ben picked it up and started playing with it. He wouldn't give it back to the boys. He started to harass then and then the name calling began. That escalated to pushing and then to Jordan being picked up by Ben and being thrown on the ground where he hit his head on the pavement. When I spoke to the principal he said that Ben was going to lose 6 days of recess and Jordan and his two friends would lose 1 day. He didn't think that fighting was the answer and that they should've gotten a teacher. Sure,like there was time to!
I know that fighting isn't the answer but Jordan was only doing what I told him to do and that was to defend himself. I would rather he miss a day of recess for defending himself than to have kids think that he is an easy target because he won't fight back.
I took him to the dr yesterday and guess what?! Yup,a second concussion! He has a nasty bump and bruise where he hit his head. The dr was concerned that he has had 2 concussions in such a short period of time. He pulled him from gym and outdoor recess until further notice. He is also setting up an appt with the Concussion Clinic at University Hospital. On the way home Jordan said to me,"Mom,why am I so fragile?" I felt so bad for him. I told him that it wasn't him and that anyone can get a concussion from hitting their head. I also told him that the only thing that I was getting him for his birthday was a helmet. He didn't find that too amusing. I thought it was pretty funny :) I'll let you know what we find out at the clinic.Labels: kids
