Cavell's Day

I know everyone is waiting for this post from Wednesday.  Some missed the initial post with the story of how this happened.  You can read that on the blog by clicking here.

We took Cavell to the doctor's office this morning.  The front desk ladies didn't react.  They thought he was dressed up early, being the Halloween season.  One said it looked like he had on a Batman mask.  What do you think?

to quote Nathan, "I am BATMAN"

They did call our NP (that my children really enjoy visiting) to the front to peek at him.  Probably a good thing, so that she didn't have her initial reaction in front of Cavell.  After being called back Cavell started to go into his stubborn, silent, pouting mode when the nurse wanted to weigh him.  Once we were in the room he was his joking, jumping happy self.  It was decided that the doctor would examine Cavell as well.  As the doctor was looking in his ears and pressing on different places on his eyes and face, asking if it hurt, Cavell kept telling him that he hit his head "here" smacking himself on the red target you see in the pictures.  I don't advise a close-up.  It's pretty gross when it is larger.  It looks even worse in person but the flash "cleans it up" a little.  We aren't posting the more gruesome looking shoots we have.

Still pulling down his cheeks so he can see

It was decided that Cavell would have a CT scan to check for any skull fractures or swelling and bruising to his brain.  While I did regular baby care for Lex (read that letting him nap in his own bed and feeding him) and picked Alayna up from school (early release day), Paul took Cavell to the hospital.  There were a number of waiting areas involved in the hour it took before Cavell could have his picture taken.  Cavell was happy to roam around and say hello to everyone he saw.  But, the people he saw were too shocked by his face to respond.  Cavell is used to happy responses and smiles and told Paul that nobody was saying hello to him.

Saying "CHEESE!!"

Before going in, Paul told Cavell that they were going to take a picture of his head and he needed to be as still as a statue.  The let Paul stay in the room and even on the table on Cavell to help keep him still.  Cavell did a rather good job.  They were able to get a good shot of the top two-thirds of his head, which is where they needed it the most.  He had moved while it was around his jaw.  Because there was no swelling or complaints/pain there they let that go.  The boys came home to wait for the radiologist and doctor to review the scan.

Talking to the Grandparents

After the doctor's call we immediately called the concerned grandparents to let them know that Cavell's skull and brain are sound and all of the bruising and swelling is outward.  Even the doctor said he was amazed.  With how bad Cavell's face looks, he was sure that there would be some internal damage.