The school nurse called me and said that Avary had bumped her head at recess and had a goose egg on her forehead. She said she was a little uncomfortable with it because Avary didn't cry or tell the aide, they just happened to notice her huge forehead and when asked what happened she said "what". She thought I should probably come and get her.
She had bumped her head about a month ago in the same spot right on her scar from stitches and didn't remember what happened, but she was fine so I asked to talk to her. I asked how she hit her head and she said on a pole, it hurt really bad but she didn't want to cry because she wanted to be tough. FYI the more it hurts the quieter she gets, she got that from me. I asked her if she wanted to come home and she said she was upset because they made her go to the nurse and she didn't want to miss art. Well, I couldn't see her so I told the nurse she wanted to stay and there was only an hour left of school, she said ok, but if the teacher is uncomfortable looking at her I will call you back. I thought that was a little weird.
When I picked her up they had her head wrapped in an ice pack taped to her head and hair. When I removed it I felt like a winner and am now nominated as the mom of the year! Poor thing, they didn't tell me she had two foreheads and that it was all mushy. I decided to take her to the ER to have it checked out, I know too many people with a permanent bump on their head. The Dr. said he wouldn't lance it because it could introduce infection and it should settle down in her face and bruise the top half of her head. He also told her he thought she was so pretty that her daddy is going to have to scare all the boys away with a shotgun. That's not usually what I would say to a 6yr old. Yeah like I said I know too many people who's bump hangs on for years so pray that my Babycakes forehead goes back to normal so we don't have to cut bangs. She was spacey all afternoon. The pictures don't do it justice.
Now that doesn't look like a normal forehead and it doesn't look like it feels very good.
