3am 11/27/08: Today is Thanksgiving in America. I have a lot to be thankful for but I live in Canada and it's just another day. School's open, offices are running, the mail and the Toronto Stock Exchange etc are all open. Last nite at exactly 5.37pm, my youngest illustrious, dynamic son KJ known as Popular Culture Kid, The Kid Reporter and Akon lookalike suffered a severe head injury. Every evening at 5.30pm, the kids are let go from the community center after school program and they all walk home. What I have noticed is that my neighbor's two kids always run at high speed thru the hallway to their door at the end of the hall.Sadly last nite, KJ decided to run with them BUT I live in front of the elevator so his stopping distance was smaller. One of the kids called him and while running at high speed, he looked back and ran into the wall. I just heard a loud bang, opened the door and KJ was crying and ran into the house. My neighbors kids were actually "laughing" at the end of the hall as their mom opened the door for them.
That is when I told them to stop running and their mom asked if KJ was OK and I went in to call him out when I noticed he was bleeding heavily with his SKULL exposed! I screamed and my neighbor rushed over and we called 911. The operator was on the phone with us thruout as we were trying to apply pressure to stop the bleeding but KJ WAS SLIPPING OUT OF CONSCIOUSNESS! My son was immediately "heated up" as his temperature went to 99.1. HE WAS DYING! If you have a WEAK stomach or feel easily offended, DO NOT CLICK HERE!
As the medics came, they revived him and bandaged his head as the white bone showing thru the gash was his skull which was later x-rayed at the hospital and was not broken. He was stabilized in the ambulance and his face was "frozen" in the hospital. A term for temporary anesthesia so that he can get the complicated stiches. My older son rushed over and videotaped the whole ordeal. I didn't know if this was the end of KJ's tender 8 years on earth.
I will NOT be available as you know but you can e-mail me or write a comment or message me on Facebook. The laptop is right next to me on the bed. He is now asleep and is heating up a little, so I gave him fever reducers. I am supposed to watch for consciousness, dizziness, nausea and more. I cannot sleep because of this. The irony....he gets to watch his Thanksgiving parade on NBC Buffalo, NY channel later this morning afterall. He was just boasting about cutting school for Thanksgiving in "his country." We celebrated Thanksgiving here October 14th.
I wanna thank the Toronto EMS paramedics, police officers and firemen with the defibrillator on their truck for reviving my son KJ. If you call me at 647-344-5390, please just leave a message. I won't be able to pick up all day or never. Thanks to everyone that has called , sent me an e-mail, messaged me on Facebook etc.
UPDATE 11/27/08 10.29amEDT: Kayode Joshua is still very weak. I went ahead and recorded the parade for him as he is slipping in and out of sleep. Fever is down and he's extremely weak. Not hungry as he is nauseated. Doctor has me monitoring that. I will be back next week Wednesday Dec 3rd 2008 but check for short link updates. For get well wishes leave a message for KJ on his blog under comments.
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