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Old 09-10-2013, 05:38 AM
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Our son came home yesterday from the hospital. Interestingly, the first two days there he was all about beating this conconssion while yesterday he was more resolved and placed the severe depression well before the concussion. He was somewhat deflated as beforehand he indicated that once he learned about the PCS it made the confusing summer somewhat clearer (as to why he felt and did the things he did).

We are now scared.

Our son has been on Lexapro (10mg) and Seroquel (50mg) since Friday. On our discharge visit, the doctor increased it to 100mg given his statement that he's not sleeping. The more we read about Seroquel, the more we want to get hom off quickly. We'll be taking it down to 50mg tonight.

With his deflated outlook, our biggest worry is that we have an appointment with a doctor specializing in concussions with athletes tomorrow morning. They typically take on cases immediately following the concussion. They were somewhat taken back when we mentioned that he was three months post concussion and unsure whether they can help. We need to continue to push our son to fight this.

Today, we're going to keep him home close to us but not overbearing. We thought about going Kayaking and two long walks. We'll talk confidence into him to continue to fight.

Thanks for the prayers.
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