Walla Walla Sweets Opening Game
June 5, 2014
On Thursday June 5th we; (Jes, Jackson, Jacob, Grandma Sharon & I ) went to opening day for the WW Sweets. Within the first 30 minutes of the game a foul ball was hit and came right to us slamming directly into Jacob’s head. He was reaching down in front of him for his foam finger that had fallen and of course immediately starting crying. Jes scooped him up to check him out and quickly after a firefighter brought him the ball and said “I think this belongs to you, buddy!” I called Grandpa Dale and Grandma Bobi who were also on their way to join us at the game and requested for them to bring him his special blankie. I was walking around the stands with Jacob waiting for them to get there. I was holding him and he kept doing long blinks and looking sleepy, so I took him back up to where Jes was so he could watch him some more. Grandma Bobi and Grandpa Dale bought him some popcorn, his favorite and he barely touched it. After eating a few pieces he started dozing off, then woke up soon after and started throwing up. At that point, we knew it was time to take him to the ER. Jes and I left Jackson with the rest of the family and took Jacob in. He was taken back immediately and then quickly taken back for a CT scan. Right before they took him back Aunt Shari walked in the room, which was perfect timing so I, Janessa didn’t have to sit in the room alone waiting while Jes went back with him. The CT scan didn’t take long. Jes said he fell asleep. They got back to the room and soon after Grandma Bobi, Grandpa Dale, Great Grandma Sharon and Jackson came early from the game because they were worried about Jacob. Great Grandma Sharon, Aunt Shari and Jackson came home while the rest of us waited to hear the results of the CT scan. Dr came in pretty soon after and let us know that he did suffer a minor skull fracture and also had a concussion. The doctor offered for us to stay overnight so Jacob could be watched, but we felt comfortable having him released and bringing him home to sleep more comfortably. We got home and we realized that he hadn’t gone potty in a couple hours and since the plan was for him to sleep between us we had to try to wake him up enough to go. This was finally successful after telling him he was at the toilet and he could go. We laid down and he slept great!! I feel like if I wasn’t awake checking on him, Jes was. He woke up the next morning giving us both hugs and kisses and we were asking him if he remembered and he said, “I got hit right here (pointing to his head) by a baseball at the sweets game… with a hard ball. They should play with a soft ball.” (words often said by Jes or I when the boys are playing baseball together.) He remembers everything and is acting appropriately. I still went ahead and followed direction of the doctor to have him seen the following day and he was seen at 1pm. Doctor was very impressed with how well he was acting for it not even being 24 hours after the incident and off we went. He's been doing so good and we've been babying that noggin!! Tonight we are sitting in the box seats with the team owner for super hero night and hoping we can watch the whole game!!
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Here's the ball.
In the ER trying to play Angry Birds on Daddy's phone... I'm assuming it was too much for him with a horrible headache, so he quit and i took this next photo.
Too much excitement for one day!!
