Frightening Accident

Our second son is very active and quite a dare devil. He shows no fear at time which is very frightening for a parent. Two nights ago while we were at the OMF guesthouse having left Lampang at just after 5am and arriving in Bangkok some 9 hours laters. We were finally getting our boys to bed when our second son slipped on the edge of the bed and fell head first on to the tiled floor. I rush over and picked him up and he was trying to scream but nothing was coming out. Then he started to have what seemed like a seizure. His limbs stiffened, his eyes rolled back and then he became unconscious. Lisa ran off to get the OMF medical adviser who lived in the same building. As our son lay on the bed unconscious, our eldest son was saying, he's died, he's died. After about 5-10 seconds, I can't be sure of the exact amount of time, our son regained consciousness and started screaming in pain. After a couple of minutes he had settled down. Because he had lost consciousness, the medical advisor said that he needed to go to hospital for observation. At the hospital, X-rays of his skull ruled out any fractures. At this stage there doesn't seem to be any lasting effects on our son.

It was a terrible accident. I am amazed that he did not suffer a traumatic head injury and that he is not in hospital right now. We still have to observe him for the next couple of months or any neurological changes, but right now he seems no worse for wear.

The incident with the pitbull last week and now this accident, we do feel that God is protecting this little guy.