This happened so long ago it seems like "old news" but I started the post with pictures and haven't taken the time to add the description. I am just going to summarize for anyone who didn't hear.
Mackenzie was strapped into her booster seat on top of a bar stool/chair. She kicked the wall in front of her and knocked the chair over. She hit her head on our marble floor. After about an hour she was still laying on the couch, mostly asleep, which is VERY unlike my incredibly active little girl. So we headed to the ER. No one was too concerned but decided to do a CT as a precaution. They found a small crack in her skull. (No displacement or blood). Again, to be safe, they wanted her to stay overnight in the hospital to be observed. They didn't have a pediatric neuro surgeon at Spring Valley Hospital so they transferred us (by ambulance) to Sunrise Children's Hospital. It was a long 8 hours in emergency rooms before we were put into a room.
They had crazy "cages" for beds to make sure there was no way a child could fall out.
They had a playroom and also let you "borrow" toys and bikes to ride around the hallways. Mackenzie was totally fine by the time we were put in a room. She found all kinds of things to entertain herself and the nurses too.
The additional sad part to the whole "adventure" was that the morning after the fall was Mackenzie's 2nd Birthday. The nurse and Child Life Specialist did their best to make it special for her anyway. She got a teddy bear and a present to unwrap.
The ironic thing (for me) was that on that morning I held my baby girl exactly 2 years to the minute in my arms, in the hospital.
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