Hi,

:bouncing: Just wanted to be sure you caught my post to your question about your son's needing extra meds for stitches. Was afraid he might have gotten a concusion. When speaking with my Mom today, I read your letter to her without telling her my worries. On the sentence where you mention headache and nausea, she gasped, "uhhhhhhh! Sounds like he might have a concusion!". I told her that was my fear, as well. When I was twelve, I got hit from behind by a sledder, and knocked flat on my face and went unconscious. A few mos. ago while we were loading our truck to move, my daughter (13) inadvertently stepped back off the lift of the truck and fell to the street on her back and head! I had a concusion; my daughter miraculously didn't, praise God. This is why it was on my Mom's mind, too! Take care, and hope we're wrong! ~ :wave: Tracy

Hi Tracy,
I'm so sorry I didn't reply sooner. It's just been a crazy week (of course, they're all crazy during the summer with 3 kids, aren't' they??). I appreciate your concern for Andrew. Concussion was on my mind too as soon as he talked of a headache and nausea, so I woke him a couple of times during the nite and he was fine. Anytime he reports "nausea" I get nervous, due to the adrenal issues. We've only had to give him the injection of solucortef once in the last year, but I hope it is a very rare occurence. Anyway, by the next morning, he was ready to get on a bike again! Poor kid - I've told him nothing with wheels until his head heels completely!

As far as my 3 yr.old, I did check his glucose levels as diabetes was my first thought and they were okay at home. I didn't see the big increase in thirst and appetite that are supposed to accompany diabetes, so I wasn't too concerned. If anything, his appetite is down quite a bit. I am dreading it, but he will get the ACTH stim. test after school starts. I haven't asked how they go about doing it with a child that young, but I imagine that he will have to be sedated or something, since I cannot imagine that he will tolerate an IV calmly.

Don't worry about the delay in corresponding! Just glad he is doing better. I didn't know they had to have an IV for the ACTH stim test. Gee, that will be a bit hard for a little 3 yr. old, won't it? And so bizarre he should be in need of it, too! Hoping there will be some more benign answer for you. ~ Tracy