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Thursday, May 29, 2008

Jacob's 1st trip to the Emergency Room

I just came back from lunch and my phone was ringing. I recognized the number and knew immediately something had happened to Jacob. He scratched off that mole or whatever it is on his face and it wouldn't quit bleeding. I flew to day-care and it was still bleeding. My plan was to go to our pediatrician but with the amount of blood, I knew I couldn't drive that far by myself and Jeremy was over 45 minutes away. Jacob and I drove to the local ER. While there, he soaked 3 gauze pads, 2 hand towels and my shirt with blood and showed no signs of stopping. Finally, about 2:30 PM the Dr. came in with two nurses, they put JJ's arms in a pillowcase behind his back and strapped him down to the pediatric backboard and they tried to cauterize it with the stick, that didn't work. They ended up using something called Gelfoam with a strip of tape to hold it in place. The Dr. said it was arterial which is what caused it to bleed so much. If the Gelfoam doesn't work, we have to bring JJ back and they'll give him a stitch to keep it closed. As you can see, it seems to be working just fine.



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  1. EmMay 30, 2008 at 4:41 AM

    Oh my goodness! How scary...I'm glad Jacob seems to be in good spirits now, but eek...

    So, the dr.'s said the "thing" was arterial, is that right? Now that it's "off," will you have to do anything else? Do they need to figure out what exactly it was and/or why it was there?

    Sorry for all the questions...

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  2. EmMay 30, 2008 at 4:43 AM

    Ok, so nevermind. The bleeding was arterial, so he must've dug in there pretty good, huh? Did the drs. comment on what it could've been (the "thing")?

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  3. GailMay 30, 2008 at 5:48 AM

    Never too many questions! We had an appointment with JJ's Dr. for Monday to look at the "thing", I'm kept the appt. The ER Dr. didn't look at what was left of the "thing", she just stopped the bleeding (3 hrs worth)- she didn't want to poke at it and make it worse. She wasn't grasping what I was telling her and kept referring to it as a scratch. I think it was a mole - we'll find out more Monday.

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  4. KateMay 30, 2008 at 6:47 AM

    Oh the poor boy, that had to have been terrifying for both of you, especially when they strapped him down. I'm so glad to see the happy pictures at the end - it looks like Jacob's holding up. Hope the appointment on Monday goes well.

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