Struggles after concussion

MsDinosaur said:

I hope she heals quickly and well, IM!

I hope my DD does too. She took a foul tip to the helmet while catching last night. The hit didn't look that bad, but when she just stayed in her crouch rather than jumping up to go after the ball, I knew right away that it had really rung her bell. When she got back to the dugout, one of her coaches checked on her and yanked her from the game. She had the throbbing headache and nausea, thankfully no real dizziness, loss of consciousness, slurred speech, etc. Today, she seems very mentally sharp, but still has a headache. It doesn't seem as bad as the one she had last year, where she was not herself for several days, but I'm pretty sure it IS a second one.

I'm pretty well decided that even if she pleads with me, she's not playing in the Metros this weekend. There will be other tournaments. There's only one brain.

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Good luck with your daughter and I think you are making the right decision not letting her play.
DD is feeling fantastic and she's doing her 3rd practice of the week with the team as I write this. The coach has been doing much easier grounders to all of the girls getting them to attack the ball and it looks like her confidence is coming back. She's not even complaining about the mask anymore Just in the last week we've seen a senior 3rd basemen get nailed in the shoulder at a Junior Day Camp (she was fine but it brought her tears), and our 1st basemen got hit in the jaw on a one bouncer that made the inside of her mouth bleed but she was fine.
Next week is a big week for her so I hope she does well in front of the coaches that are coming to see her. Finally fields that have 200 foot fences! She's extremely excited because we've only played on one field in 4 tournaments that have 200 foot fences...but that's another topic.

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She didn't play in the tournament, but did go to cheer on her teammates.

DH took her to the doctor who said that it did appear to be a mild concussion. We have the list of recovery steps to go through once the symptoms disappear and a followup appointment later this month for them to check on her again. She still has a slight headache, but says she feels much better! She's starting to get bored sitting around the house, LOL.

World Series is the weekend after next and she's hoping she'll be ready by then--as a batter if not yet behind the plate. We'll have to see how it goes. Good luck and good health to all!

I thought I'd give an update on DD. She played 8 games over the 4th and started every game at 3rd and was fantastic! Everyone was so thrilled to see her play like that again and her coach brought it up several times during the tournament. I asked her what the difference was and she just said "I feel better." That's it. The weird thing was when she was sleeping in the hotel room she jumped up in bed...I asked what was wrong, and she said "I just got hit in the face with a line drive." I said, wow, it's a good thing you were wearing your mask She just laughed and went back to sleep. It just shows it really is a mental hurdle she'll have to continue to get over. I went into this tournament really concerned about her defensive play, but had no worries about her hitting. Turns out the defense was great and the hitting poor LOL. Time to worry about that now!

Good to hear. Glad everything is on the up and up.