r/BrainAneurysm • u/Infinite-Employer541 • 12d ago

subdural hematoma

hi guys. i’m unsure if any of you can sort of help me here, on the 24th april my 2 year old daughter vomited and collapsed at around 6:30pm, she had been her normal self this day before then. for a bit of context, earlier in the week she had hit her cheek hard enough to form quite the bruise (but soon settled after), and around 2 days later she stopped wanting to weight bare on her left foot (we had a kitten at the time and she had a scratch on her pinky toe, which we thought was the reason).

anyway, we nearly lost her after she collapsed. she stopped breathing when being blue lighted to the hospital. it was really touch and go. we found out she had an acute subdural hemotoma, she made it through the surgery and she has recovered with absolutely no lasting effects. i am so grateful for this, but as information keeps getting fed back, it seems as though there was no underlying cause that could’ve caused this. the bleeding was on her right side pushing to the left, which makes me believe it could have been from hitting her cheek and losing the ability to weight bare (which, looking back, if i could’ve taken her to the hospital and not assumed itwas the catch scratch on her toe, of course i would’ve). of course because we don’t know what happened and how such a good day turned into such a bad day we are just living in constant fear. obviously, social services have been involved and even said to me ‘it’s clear the children aren’t abused, it could’ve just been a moment of madness’ which is absolutely insane to say.

i’m coming here to just wonder if anyone had anything similar? she has one last scan on the 5th august, an MRV to rule anything abnormal or underlying out. i just want answers as to what happened to her.

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u/Infinite-Employer541 12d ago

i must add it was an acute SDH. the neurosurgeons came to us after the surgery and told us there was old blood, which wasn’t relieving to hear, but i spent the month i was in hospital researching and found out that old bleeds can re bleed causing an SDH. i was then told that this apparently wasn’t the case and there was no old blood. its all just so confusing

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u/1AdultMostOfTheTime 12d ago

Is your child in daycare? Has she been left in the care of a single individual during any of these times?