Day 4: Fort Smith, AR 5/26/09

Last night samantha was sitting on Marc's Elmo Suitcase (which is about 4-6 inches from the ground). Next thing we all knew she was face first on the floor screaming. After a few minutes she settled down, played, and went to bed for the night. This morning about 7:30 we got up and got ready to go down and gey breakfast. She was completely lathargic, her eyes were kind of glazed over, and she had a few dry heaves. We called our doctor's office back in MI and they said those were signs of a concussion and that we needed to take her to the ER or Med Center. Our hotel is right across the street from a hospital so we took her to that ER. After 1 agonzining hour of waiting, the doctor finally came in and examined her. He said she had no obvious signs of a concussion, so he suggested we take her back to the hotle and keep an eye on her. While we were waiting for the doctor, we had to fight to keep her awake. the doctor told us that she would be fine to fall asleep...so we let her. We got the discharge orders and came back to the hotel. My father-in-law was here with Marc and he wanted to cuddle Samantha. While Marc Sr hel Samantha, Marc Jr got her some milk (we did not eat before we went to the ER). As soon as she saw the cup of milk she perked up. She slept for about 10-15 mnutes between the time in thed Er and the ride home. Within 10 minutes of getting back in the hotel room she was sitting in the high chair eating fruit loops and drinking her milk, back to normal, happy as can be. She has been fine ever since. Needless to sat, we took it pretty easy and slow the rest of the day.
We think we figured out that our ER health deductible is $500 so we decided that she has a "$500 ankle bracelet".