It started as a tiny little bruise on her cheek….

And oh my, did it progress quickly!

 

Annabelle came home from school and told us she had been kicked in the cheek on the playground. She was flipping on the parallel bars with a friend and she got a swift, hard shoe to the face. It was an accident and she spent a little while at the nurses office with some ice.

 

All seemed well after school, but then she started complaining that her ears were hurting. She said it felt like she was on an airplane and she couldn’t get her ears to pop. She was up most of the night in pain so we headed to the doctor the next day.

 

Turns out the kick got her just right to impact her sinuses and cause draining and ringing in her ears. The doctor decided she also had a minor concussion and should refrain from any physical activity for a week. Oye!

Don’t let this sweet little face fool you. This girl had me in tears. When they started running the tests, she wrapped herself around me and begged me to take her home. She told me she was just tricking about her ears hurting. It was awful. After all the tests were done, she admitted her ears so bad but it wasn’t worth the tests. Horrible visit for mom and daughter.