So, I took the baby in for her 9 month vaccines [and a re-check of her ears, which are now clear of infection thankfully].
Our Pediatrician checked her out really well because of the black eye, trying to make sure there was no skull fracture or anything, and she concluded the same as I did - that she fell hard, got a shiner, and was doing just fine. LOL! [I was also relieved she didn't call DFACS - does anyone else panic secretly about anyone seeing their child with the least little bruise? You hear such horror stories about DFACS that I always imagine some horrible scene where I lose my children because one of them got a bruise or a cut or something - something totally beyond my control but that DFACS would take as evidence of abuse or something. Do other moms do that?!!]
BUT, what makes me love our Ped even more is that she TOTALLY agreed with me on the Klingon head thing - she agreed with me that it was insane to even suggest that I need to take the baby to a Neurosurgeon to have her skull pulled apart and pieced back together - she thought it was ridiculous that the Nurse Practitioner suggested that. She said she was glad I felt the same way and wasn't worried about it - she felt the baby is just fine and that I had the right attitude.
So, whew. :) I had already decided that NO WAY was I going to let them do any surgery to her head [my parents pulled out old video footage of when I was that age - believe it or not! - and my head was *exactly* the same way, maybe even worse. LOL! ] But it was really nice to get confirmation from my Pediatrician that this was the right thing.
Can you imagine though? What if I was some terrified first time mom who took the Nurse Practitioner's word as Truth and ran straight to the Neurosurgeon? Geez. I really, personally, don't think that NP needs to be practicing if she is going to be stirring up crazy things like that and freaking out new parents over nothing! I wonder how many babies have been through horrible testings, procedures, and surgeries because of her bad medical advice?!
Anyway, I'm glad to say my little black eyed Klingon is doing just fine. :)
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I'm so glad your pediatrician confirmed your feelings about the baby's head. I think that nurse practitioner is dangerously and horribly irresponsible.
Happy Day! The baby monkey is OK!
I had a friend tell me only good mothers worry about DCFS calls. The bad ones don't care.
And yes, every bump and bruise I worried about.
Hi! I've been following your blog regularly for the past few weeks or so (I'm from the PF forums), and Ella had a similar head banging accident today and I thought of you! Hers was a bloody nose due to a collision with her bed. Ouch.
I'm glad you have a good ped! Sheesh, I hope you don't have to see the np ever again! As if there aren't enough real concerns to worry about anyway!
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