So... I have always been a very clumsy person. I always thought I would outgrow it... But I'm 32 now, so I just don't think it's going to happen. This was demonstrated last Tuesday when I was coming back from taking Guinness for a walk. We always go to the stairwell (instead of the elevator) so that we can take him up the 5 flights of stairs to our apartment, because it's a great workout for him and will help to tire him out. I was in the stairwell with him and was bending over to take off his harness (it's really hard for him to run up the stairs in his harness), and I was attaching his leash to his collar. He was kinda backing up as I was making the leash switch, and so I was walking with him while I was bent over... And then when I was all done I went to stand up really quickly to get him excited to go up the stairs (it helps if he's excited to do it), and as soon as I stood up... BAM! I hit my head SO hard on this metal pipe that I'd never really paid attention to. It made this LOUD "Donnnnnng!" noise, and definitely scared Guinness. My whole world kinda faded for a second and I was so dizzy for about a minute. I had to just stand there and wait for everything to stop spinning. I could not believe how hard I hit my head. Here's some pictures of the pipe:
I slowly made my way up the stairs with Guinness, and the whole time I was trying to judge if I was ok or not. I decided that I was ok, and I tried to just keep ice on my head and I took some Ibuprofen because I could already feel a headache coming on. As the day went on, I could also feel a good-sized dent on the back of my head. This definitely did concern me a bit, but I felt fine besides the headache. The next day, my head felt less dented and I still felt fine except for the headache that just wouldn't go away. But, I hit my head REALLY hard, so I figured a headache was to be expected. Well, by Thursday night, my headache was SO bad... It was just getting worse and worse. Friday morning I called this Teladoc service that my insurance offers, where I can call a physician for a consultation and advice. The doctor was very nice, and calmly told me that it sounded like it could be a slow brain bleed... so I should go to the E.R. and get it scanned. I was sure I was ok to drive, but McGee insisted on driving home from work to get me and take me to the E.R. The E.R. was very nice and I got in a room within a few minutes. They hooked me up to an IV (somewhat unsuccessfully at first... I have a very ugly bruise on one arm) and gave me fluids and drugs (thank goodness McGee drove!), and they did scan my head and there was NO BLEED! Yay!!!! But they said I had a concussion, so I needed to take it easy for the next few days. They also gave me a prescription for Naproxen for my headache. The headache is still kinda hanging on (a week after the injury), but I'd say it's usually only a 2 or 3 now on a scale of 1 to 10. My dent is completely gone, but my head is still very sore if I put any pressure on it (even if I try to just lay face-up at nighttime... I have to turn my head to the side). I think it'll just take some more time to feel 100%. And you can bet that I'm super-aware of that pipe in the stairwell now!!
Here's a picture of my bruise (it's lovely shades of green now...), and then to make up for how ugly that picture is I'll post just a few cute pictures of our handsome Guinness!! His colors are changing so much... He's getting lighter and lighter, so I'm not sure if that's just his summer coat, or if that's just what he's going to look like as an adult.
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