Mom's head is still giving her headaches, so she isn't doing as much as used to.
Last monday, mom was riding her bike fast, to get home. Her purse fell off her shoulder and into the wheel of her bike, and she flipped over the bike and landed on her helmet. We all ran to catch up to her, and carried her purse, and wheeled her bike home.
When we got to the door, mom fell down on the porch. Our sister Nicole ran to the phone and called Daddy at work. Mom got up, and moved into the bathroom for a few minutes, and then into her bed. She wasn't feeling good, and was struggling to stay awake. Daddy stayed on the phone with us the whole drive home from work. He got home, helped mom to the car and took Nicole with him to the hospital.
The rest of us stayed home.Daddy arranged for Auntie Mandy to come, and drove Mom to the hospital.
She couldn't even walk into the emergency room. The doctor was called, and Mom just laid on the bed. When he arrived, he checked mom over, and called for the ambulance to take mom to Lethbridge hospital to get a scan on her head. She was still tired and wanting to sleep. She couldn't remember what day it was exactly or how to smile.
The ambulance left, and Nicole and Dad followed in the van, and met Mom at the Lethbridge Hospital. She went right in and had a scan done, then they got to see mom for a few minutes while waiting for the doctor to say what to do next. He said that Mom was fine to go back to raymond hospital. Thats a good thing, as mommys head wasn't bleeding inside the brain.
Daddy and Nicole followed the ambulance back to Raymond Hospital, and Mommy started feeling better. She felt good enough shartly after that to come home, only it Daddy stays with her for 24 hours. They offered to let her stay, but mom wanted to come home.
She had a bad headache, and just wanted to sleep all the time. It has been a whole week, and until yesterday, she has never had her headache leave. Just yeasterday and today she is getting a little break with no headaches, and then they start again and she has to sit down for a while to rest.
We are all glad mom was wearing a helmet, because if she wasn't she might have been in the hospital a lot longer and had blood in her brain or even in heaven.
Now we know that we should never to carry a bag (only backpacks) and why you always wear a helmet.
It was easy, almost too easy, so the big test will be how well is does over time...with a family of seven, and only one bathroom, we will put this new product to the test!