Zack's Concussion

We had quite the experience on Saturday. We had dropped the kids off at the Stevenson's to be watched by grandma and play with their cousins so we could head across the street to the Bountiful temple. We were asked to be the witness couple and sat down and started our session. After about 20 minutes someone came in, paused the video, and said, "Brother and Sister Burkholder? We need to talk to you in the hall." Super confused, thinking maybe there was a problem with our family names, we followed him to the hall. He continued, "One of your kids has hit their head and we were told to tell you to head straight to Primary Children's." Longest few minutes of my life as I was changing and rushing out the door with tears pouring down my face. I have never changed so fast!!! The worst case scenarios were popping in my head and I had no idea which child it was! After calling Grace, we learned that Zack had been doing foot races with his cousins in the backyard and tripped and hit his head hard on the cement. He was conscious and talking to them, but was showing signs of a concussion. We drove straight over to the hospital, which they ended up at LDS hospital (got a tad lost). Bada and Uncle Dan were with him there. We got there just before the doctor came in. Dan and Uncle Dan gave Zack a blessing. One of the many times Dan has been able to use the oil vile on his keychain. We got to hear a little more about what happened as Dan Stevenson described it to the doctor, since he saw what happened. Zack's hands didn't catch him and his head bounced a good 6in off the cement. He couldn't walk, couldn't read a shirt pretty close up, was extremely nauseous, said he was going to throw up many times, complained about numb fingers, and kept repeating that he need his mom and water over and over. When we showed up he could only squint, was in fetal position holding his stomach, and would moan occasionally. I was SOOOO worried about that kid and it is so hard to see your kid hurting and worrying about how bad it was. We had to decide whether to do a CT scan and after reviewing the risks, decided to and to wait and see what he did after treating his pain and nauseousness. He perked right up after that kicked in, which was an extreme blessing. Dan left at that point with his mom and Dan and headed back to tend to the other kids. I stayed with Zack for another hour or two and then we headed home. Zack sure gave us quite the adventure/scare that day and we are so grateful that he was protected from any serious injury. It was hard having something happen like that while you were at the temple, but we are certain that because we were doing what we were supposed to, that Zack was protected from anything worse. That alone offered whatever peace we had on our uncertain drive over to the hospital. We love our Zack and hate to see him in any pain. He has hated the lack of screen time and being told to sit everything out the last few days. He is feeling back to normal, but needs to take it easy for a week or so. I think that will be the biggest challenge for an 8 year old boy!!!