OT: Scare and Blessings

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stevomiller

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This weekend we had quite a scare. My oldest boy is the goal keeper on a Division 1 soccer team; he plays with a level of intensity that makes me shake my head most of the time. Because of this we get the opportunity of multiple visits to the emergency room every year. :( (It's bad when the Dr. remembers your name). Anyways, they had two games Saturday and I could only stay for the first, so I made arrangements for the coach to get him some lunch between games and bring him home when they were done for the day. I get back home (35 minutes away) and start getting the house ready for my daughter's party. Hour later I get a phone call "Your son has been down for 10 minutes and a doctor is examining him, get out here." Ends up he was diving to make a save, hit the upright, then fell about 4.5' out of the air flat on his back. Unfortunately, there was a 4" square tube with a metal cleat occupying the same space. He put a foot long bruise and cut on his lower back. He can't put any weight on his left leg. Great. So I take him to the emergency, they take xrays and say "his spine is ok, but his pelvis is assymetrical. We need to do a CT scan". While he is waiting for the next two hours on the gurney, he tries to roll over and his face goes white and he starts swearing (which he is normally smart enough not to do in front of me ;) ) "Dad, something just "Popped". They came and did the CT about an hour later, and things were now ok! Prayers work! :) He has been on Vicodine and Motrin for the pain, but should be no permanent damage.
 
Wow, you had me going there. I am grateful for you that he seems to be okay.

You didn't ask, but I will suggest it anyway. I can't recommend "ART" highly enough. Research it at www.activerelease.com

This stuff works.

(edited to correct the URL)
 
Whew, finally something that worked out OK. I'm sure whatever hair you have left is just a little grayer.
 
Bruise, you slay me! He needs that and more! 12 months time (he plays in 3 different leagues) = broken nose, broken thumb, two concussions, now this :rolleyes:

Cog, thanks for the good thoughts and mojo. I followed the link but couldn't figure what you wanted me to check out? Please tell :D
 
Aardvark, I must have had a prophecy of this and more long ago! I was bald by the time he was born :D

cog, the link now works. Thanks! I will research this.

stevo
 
man, that sounded pretty rough, Stevo. having points and bones out of whack is painful, but nowhere near as painful and popping them back in. I dislocated my leg a little bit from my hip my senior year during a football game. It hurt, but after i hobbled a couple steps a "POP" brought me to my knees. It hurt, but i felt much better after that. No more football for me though. you have know when to hold 'em and know when to fold them. I fold when my leg gets pulled halfway out of socket. I hope your son recovers quickly:)

Jake
 
Cog, are you a practitioner of this, or do you go to a chiro or PT that uses it? What is your experience? Thanks in advance,

stevo
 
One and all, thanks again for the good mojo. Crazy kid tried to tell me he is playing in a 4 game tournament this weekend (he can't even carry his school back pack right now without pain)! Knucklehead! Obviously I won't let him, and he hasn't been released by the docs anyhooo.
 
That is great that he is ok. The ART post earlier looked interesting. I can only add the suggestion to try some acupuncture to help heal the residual internal tension that is surely settling into his bones ...

Sounds like he has great spirit when it comes to his chosen endeavors! :D
 
Ah soccer -- that gentle, "low-contact," non-violent game.

I too recall seeing my son laid out like a dead fish. (that "two going for a header" thing). I didn't know I could hold my breath that long. He moves!! Just a broken nose and concussion.

And the lovely dents in his shins!

39 F and raining. Great day for a game! :rolleyes:

(Just thank God it's not football that arouses his passion. That I did, and I remember it constantly, although never "seriously" injured.)
 
munk, he is a great kid. He is like a pit bull, what ever he puts his mind to he accomplishes. He is currently pulling a 4.3 gpa in advanced placement classes. He is pain in the arse, though, when he doesn't want to do what you want. No amount of discipline, reward, punishment will move him. I thank God that he generally makes good choices on the big things and has a good group of friends. If he was prone to evil mischief I don't know how I would get him to stop due to his personality.

Thomas, you're right, too many people think that soccer is low in injury. There are tons of concussions and knee and ankle injuries. He wanted to play football, but I discouraged it because he excells at soccer and didn't want him to blow it (he is not big enough to go beyond high school football). He wants to play lacrosse, as he says "Cool. It's like soccer but you get to beat the other guy with a stick!" :D
 
uhh - sounds bad.

I remember some things of my youth... :rolleyes:

glad he is ok . I do not yet have these experiences as a father (I guess things like that are inevitable - however injuries can be serious or less serious).

Andreas
 
This is a whacky age we live in. I forgot you could exceed the 4.00 perfect grade point average now. We've defeated time and space!

My oldest is tall and thin. He is stubborn. He was the type that would take a lickin and just stare you in the eye. Spankings don't work on him- words do. The middle is built like a pitbull, thick and stocky, and a spanking to him is the most crushing defeat to his need of Dad's approval.

The third is heading for Deer lodge State Pen. If you tell him no, he might pick up a toy and hit you with it. When he does, if spanked, and/or brought to his room for 'time out' , he protests this as an outragious miscarriage of justice.

Course, he's only two.


munk
 
stevomiller said:
. . . He wants to play lacrosse, as he says "Cool. It's like soccer but you get to beat the other guy with a stick!" :D
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I volunteered to be a "first aid" person at lacrosse matches at Ohio State. You can stand on the other side of a solid wall and LISTEN to a lacrosse match and know all you need to know. It's war. :eek: :eek: :eek:

As for the perfect physical "type" for lacrosse, think 6'2" and 235 lbs of muscle - Jim Brown (All American, lacrosse, Syracuse).
 
Sure glad too hear your son is better and is going too be all right. One of the threads last night just made me realize that in 2 more short years my son will be 50. They never get so old that you don't worry about them.
 
stevomiller said:
... he tries to roll over and his face goes white and he starts swearing (which he is normally smart enough not to do in front of me ;) ) "Dad, something just "Popped". They came and did the CT about an hour later, and things were now ok! Prayers work! :) He has been on Vicodine and Motrin for the pain, but should be no permanent damage.
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Steve, Can your son teach me that trick? I don't seem to get many good "Popps" these last few years.

Glad he's OK.
 
Howard, I will try and explain the trick. First, make sure you jack yourself up real good. Then lay on a gurney for a long time. Have someone give you demoral and other goodies so you get goofy and fall asleep. Wake up with a start and flip overly quickly before you realise what you are doing and something will "POP". If not, revisit the demoral thingy and hope for the best :p

Kismet, if you're lurking, I am sorry to hear about your daughter. I hope that she heals up well. She is only 3 years younger than me :eek: I don't like the co ed leagues for exactly what happened to her "and the two-hundred pound male goalie hit her right leg with his feet in a flying tackle and snapped both bones 4 inches below the knee. " Most muscular men would have trouble with that one, let alone a petite gal. In our town the guys now have to keep a "berth" around the women.

Tomorrow it is back to the sawbones for monkey boy for his check up. I am going to ask them to get him some PT since he is hurting pretty bad; came home from work today to find that he stayed home from school.

Munk, this 4+ business is kookie, eh? To these kids benefit that are pulling it off, though, these AP classes are tough. Upon completing them they can take a test ~ if they pass the class will count as the college equivalent.

Yvsa, he is almost sixteen, which a long time ago I thought "was all growed up". Now that he is that age I still think of him as a little kid. I know that you are right and I will always worry about him (and the other 3).
 
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