Thursday morning wake up at 445am to get Josh to the Gas station at 515 where his coach so graciously takes a bunch of the kids to practice by 530am from our town to the town the school is in. It helps so much and we are grateful that he does this because its another 15 miles there and then 20 miles back to the house. I get home. Sleep for 30 more minutes before the next round of kids get up. Breakfast, showers, and then out the door where I drive them to their bus stop 5 miles away. As I am driving them to the bus stop Josh calls and you can tell he had been crying. He promptly tells me that they think his nose is broken so I am like ok....I will be there in a second. Drive 15 more miles to school. Pick him up and talk to the coach and off to the ER we go. I don't even think the other kids have gotten off the bus at school yet.
Josh is definitely in a daze. His pupils are way dilated but he doesn't look like he has a broken nose. His eye was starting to turn black. I asked how it happened. He said he has no idea, he got hit, not sure what hit him but he knew it wasn't the ball. He saw stars. We get to the ER and they checked him out. He didn't have a broken nose which was good but he did have a concussion. He was acting weird so I knew he got his bell rung pretty good. Dr said to go home and watch him today. We text the coach and told him because there was a game the next day. Called the school to find out the rules and CIF rule states if they have a concussion they are not allowed to play for 7 days. I was happy about this rule even though Josh was really upset he wasn't going to be able to play the next game. I just think the safety of our kids is the first and foremost important thing. If you have a concussion its super easy to get another and end up with brain damage. So I was glad that coaches, school and parents were together on this. Josh wouldn't be able to practice or play but he would be able to go to the game and go to practice and sit and support his team. Learn more by watching. His Coach told me he has been getting a lot better and gave me reassurance because Josh was upset and really trying to work hard to be able to play more in the games.
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| Josh laying down talking to friend |
Fast Forward to Friday. Josh is doing much better. He iced his eye and it doesn't look like a black eye much anymore and swelling has gone down. Eyes are back to normal. Josh didn't even really remember going to the hospital. Today he went to school and left with his team to the game to support them from the bench.
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| Josh back to his normal crazy self |
Josh and Jackson both had games. Both the games were won too. Jackson had Varsity game in a different area than JV this time. They were both away games so we didn't attend as we had tickets to the annual Crab Feed and had to get Jason there also since he was serving it as his 4H volunteering. The day was interesting so we definitely liked the distraction of going to the feed. We sat with this very nice family that runs some cattle on the ranch and had a really good time.
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| Having good time at Crab feed |
I swear my hands could not crack anymore crab even using the tool. Ryan was in for the count. Our friend sitting across from us and Ryan just went to town eating. His wife and I were out before they were halfway done lol. It was pretty funny.
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| All you can eat Crab |
The 4H did a amazing job serving and making sure everyone in the community had everything they wanted. I was super impressed with Jason serving other tables and making sure they had everything with a smile. He did a really good job. Later I even had another mother come up to me and tell me what a good kid he was. That always makes a moms heart warm. He did good! And all with a smile.
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| Jason serving everyone |
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| Jason doing a great job Volunteering |
The night ended great. They had a tip jar and all the kids who worked split the tips and got 28 dollars each. We won a 1/4 beef from Frosty Acres who has the BEST beef! Its All Natural Grass Fed Beef. I text my friend to tell her we bid on her beef and won:) She text me back to tell me how Jackson was doing at the game. He was able to play a lot and was doing really well. We were full and ready to go home. After clean up the kids ate tons of pizza (I think Jason had 7 slices alone) and out the door we went.
You know one thing I really love is our friends and this community. With Four kids at all different grades and events its not always easy to be at every single thing they are at. We kind of made it to where if its a home game or event we are ALWAYS there so they can always count on that part. Its nice to have friends who will always cheer on the kids or help with rides or what not so everyone can be at everything they need to be at. We wouldn't of been able to split our body up at Jason's 4H event, Josh game in one town an hour away and Jacksons game in another town an hour half away plus Cassie at home tired. I am so thankful for our friends....
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Question: Do you believe kids should wait a certain amount of time to play again when have a concussion?
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