Bike Test Tomorrow, We Hope

Tomorrow is Day 14 after my daughter's concussion diagnosis. Reassessment by the doctor and then hopefully, the bike test, which is Step 1 on the Return to Play protocol.

She went to school for 2 half days and then 2 full days (no test, quizzes or homework). Dead tired after each day, but her headache never went above a "1".

Unfortunate to read about 14-year-old Andrejs Linde in the Globe and Mail, who's suffering from post-concussion and going through a much slower recovery (see The lessons of one young hockey player’s pain and denial)

Certainly do hope that he will do well in his re-assessment. However, he's been listening to music and left the house to watch one of his team's games while being told to 'do nothing'. Perhaps his doctors were as insistent as Drs Cruz and Amin at Pivot Sport Medicine. They made it very clear that 'do nothing' meant shutting down your brain as much as possible, preventing your neurons from firing at all and keeping your blood pressure low.

One of my daughter's team mates received a concussion in December. During the time she was told to rest, she went to school and came to the rink and sat with the team in their change room during pre-game. It is VERY LOUD in the change-room before a game, from music and players getting psyched up! She hasn't play ringette since. Her slow return to play influenced my daughter to follow the doctor's instructions diligently. We're very proud of her.

Fingers crossed (again) !