Childhood Head Injury - Josiah's Story

Dr. Catherine Gallo was performing surgery at Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend when the call came in from the emergency room that a young boy was in critical need of life saving surgery due to a blood clot that was forming between his skull and his brain. Young Josiah had fallen and bumped his head at home, which is a very common injury for children. His mother took him to the emergency room because her instincts told her that something was very wrong with her son even though he had no physical marks or external bleeding beyond a small pink spot near his ear. In this compelling video, Dr. Gallo recounts the day that she saved Josiah's life. If you have children, you will want to watch this video and share it with your friends who also have kids.
The signs and symptoms of mild traumatic brain injury may include:
• Loss of consciousness for a few seconds to a few minutes
• No loss of consciousness, but a state of being dazed,
confused or disoriented
• Memory or concentration problems
• Headache
• Dizziness or loss of balance
• Nausea or vomiting
• Sensory problems, such as blurred vision,
ringing in the ears or a bad taste in the mouth
• Sensitivity to light or sound
• Mood changes or mood swings
• Feeling depressed or anxious
• Fatigue or drowsiness
• Difficulty sleeping
• Sleeping more than usual
source: Mayo Clinic
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[@gscopeland]

Thank you Dr Gallo for saving my son's life

[@estherpennington7826]

That's wonderful!

[@PurpleMochiPants89]

Wow ! These things aren't always avoidable kids get hurt all the time lots of falls and knocks to The head but this video shows parents can just pay attention to behaviors after falls just in case and go with their gut if they think a fall might have cause a serious injury ...thank you I'll think twice about falls and knocks now .not totally freak out but looking for signs !

[@estherpennington7826]

If a kid hits his head and is throwing up it shouldn't even be a question to do some kind of scan. Thank God the mother insisted.

[@OverratedLunitic]

an arterial bleed is super serious and they bleed out fast, I don't know the time frame, but man that could've been over so quick .

[@kymberlycoy5500]

but I was nine I had the same thing I had a brain injury to it was really bad I had to stay in hospital for 8 months

[@KaiLucasZachary]

"Josiah" means God has healed in Hebrew. What a name for this kid.

[@melodiefrances3898]

The description made me want to throw up but thank God they saved him.

[@amisi8136]

Heartbroken to watch this. Bless every baby in thid world

[@BLAB-it5un]

I wish these stories could find a better way to add some explanation and education as to how to truly recognize injuries and how to ask the right questions or make the right suggestions. I would love to know how it is possible a boy with those symptoms and that specific point of impact wasn't presumed to have a hemorrhage. I get the CT radiation issue but in the absence of any other way to diagnose a brain bleed you would think this would be done without question. That said, I realize I know very little about this topic but I would think a hematoma would have been presumed and tested for given that some of them are acutely life threatening as this one turned out to be.

[@irenedavo3768]

Wow!

[@nancym5341]

Oh Blessings to the brave lil guy! I had a SFL 13 daze post op spine fusion I was so so sick 3 days I can’t imagine a baby like him going through that Doc may God continue to bless your hands and mind to continue your beautiful life saving work!

[@gucciwolf45aj7]

My science teacher showed us a little girl bumping heads at school and had to go to the hospital. I think her name is Rosie. Any ideas? I wanna watch the video again

[@jacegwizdak2684]

thats sad omg :(

[@gslimm40]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💗God is Great!

[@TheBigTripper420]

God is fake

[@Mynameisdaisy]

God is amazing!

[@TheBigTripper420]

@@Mynameisdaisy na

[@patwhite1179]

The first entire minute is the woman justifying the ER doctor's choice to not give an x-ray to the child immediately.

[@eylinnkarlsson9183]

I saw a Boy got hit in the head with a thing or I don’t know and He’s bleeding and it was blood drop

[@AlexM-jd2ro]

Do not let your children play football or do boxing, please

[@jacegwizdak2684]

i dont like that