Saturday, May 19, 2007
Dakotah Scare
Dakotah gave me quite a scare yesterday morning. She came into my room around 6:30 am and said that her throat hurt. I told her to take a drink of my water. She had her blanket up to her mouth and she said,"I think I'm bleeding." I pulled her blanket away from her mouth and she was in fact bleeding.
I hurried her up the stairs into the kitchen and got her some cold water. I made her gargle it a bunch of times. She just kept spitting out blood. She was acting like she was gagging on it. I was starting to freak out so I called her dr and explained the situation. He told me to have her gargle with cold water (which I already was) and that if it didn't stop in a few minutes then I should take her to the ER at Crouse Hospital. He said that in 1%-2% of cases that the scabs fall off too soon and they can bleed. That is what happened to Kotah. Figures right?
We sat in the living room and she fell asleep in her dad's chair. I just sat there watching her. I was hoping that the bleeding had stopped and that she was going to be ok. I didn't want to have to go to the ER. I knew that she would be so upset if we had to go. Thankfully the cold water worked and the bleeding stopped. Crisis averted.Labels: kids
