We were finishing dinner when Kerri decided to blow her nose, hard. And then all of a sudden she started to bleed heavily, from her nose. It took several tissues and ten minutes of pinching her nostrils before it stopped. It was pretty scary to watch, although Kerri did not feel anything. And it was even scarier to act like nothing wrong was happening, so we would not alarm Kerri.
So after dinner, I suggested that we watch a movie in my bedroom, so I could keep an eye on Kerri. As my daughter ate popcorn and watched "Strawberry Shortcake", I read a book while glancing over every few minutes to make sure she was OK. And then Kerri started to choke. I sat her up immediately and blood started coming out heavily from her nose again. I yelled for hubby to come running with more tissues, and the fun started all over again, for 15 more minutes.
Hubby put a humidifier in Kerri's room, and I got absolutely no sleep. I checked on Kerri constantly, afraid the bleeding would start up again and she would choke in her sleep. Kerri was fine, the humidifier seemed to do the trick. I guess with the furnace running more at night, the house gets too dry and this irritated her nose. And when she blew her nose it caused something to bleed.
We have never dealt with nosebleeds before, so we felt helpless and scared. And I guess the mama bear in me came out that night, trying to protect my baby from scary things I did not understand nor could prevent. Thank goodness Kerri has not had any more nosebleeds this weekend.
Life with Kerri keeps me watchful.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
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6 comments:
I hope this was a one time deal because it does sound very scary for all of you. Sending hugs to all.
Pinching those tiny little noses is a feat!
hugs!
put a bit off triple antiobtic ointment on a qtip and then nose it goes. it helps with infection and also with dry noses! Help with Anna Grace and also Andrew in the past!!!
Yes, scary indeed but you handled it like the pro that you are.
See..humidity has it's benefits ;0)
Oh Viv, sounds very scary I know! I've had them before but haven't seen my babies have them. I hope the humidifier and some saline spray helps keep Kerri's under control so my mama bear friend can relax!
keeping a tea kettle on low while you are home will add moisture to the house too. G gets them too and yes the first time they are very scary but if it is a dry nose (what sounds like) it isn't realy a problem just very messy. Glad her nose stopped bleeding.
Yes, it is scary. AA has had a few so we added a humidifier in her bedroom. So far, so good (never would I have thought that we needed a humidifier in Florida!!).
So far nothing serious. Hoping the same for you.
Alyzabeth's Mommy
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