Your encouragement, stories and prayers are so comforting. *We truly felt alone before finding this website. *We will pay it forward soon!

Where are we? * Day two at the hospital and we're working on tools for him to cope with his depression when he comes home. *Our 18 year old son is 2nd out of four kids (youngest 14, oldest 20). *Day one at the hospital, he smiled and interacted great with us as his older sister visited with us. *Today, day two, just mom and dad it went ok but we talked through a lot of his depression issues. *He wants to come home but he's putting too much emphasis on the concussion healing process and forgetting about the depression associated with his injury. *Bottom line, it was too far along before diagnosing Post Concussion Syndrome. *We're hoping to bring him home Monday at the latest.*

We are overwhelming him so one-on-one is much better. *We continue to smile and listen as we do cherish every word he releases. *Great idea with the dice and the iPad - we need to find ways to incorporate these to help him relax and let the brain heal.

On Wednesday, we're seeing a well-known pediatric and adult sports medicine doctor here in Chicago to see what additional insight he can offer. *Finally, we're contributing a some money to our sons school to encourage them to establish baselines for all student athletes. They are meeting all state requirements.

We should footnote, our sons school (catholic, downtown Chicago) has been amazing! *They have worked with his schedule, they have been praying for him and they have looked out for him while attending school. *It's week three of school and our son has yet to open one book so the road will be long! *They are willing to work with him as he needs the interaction with his peers.

Any continues responses about keeping young men unplugged to let their brains heal would be greatly appreciated and how to effectively help them keep up with his school work.

Thanks to all and our hearts go to those healing and helping!