Yes, I would be happy to share some advice from the concussion specialists we've seen. Mainly, it was a lot of rest and gradually getting him back to his normal life. I knew nothing about concussions before this happened to my son and all I've done this past year is immerse myself in concussion mangement!

Good news is that Dr. Robert Cantu just came out with a new book this week called "Concussions and Our Kids". I would highly recommend getting this book.

In my son's case, he initially had very severe symptoms with very painful headaches, dizziness, light and noise sensitivity, blurry vision, and nausea. He could hardly function, walk outside, go in the car without feeling sick or be around a group of people. We even had to get him eye glasses. So in the beginning it was exactly what Mark said and a lot of quiet rest and him lying down with a cold face cloth on his head. He had no interest in doing much for the first few months and was out of school.

This was a huge adjustment for the little boy who is a big athlete playing hockey, lacrosse, soccer with a lot of friends and used to having fun! He went from that to complete misery. We had so much support from family friends and the school and we are thankful for that.

My son has always been a healthy eater and huge water drinker so that was good, but we added vitamins like Omega 3 and riboflavin. Good nutrition is important.

After three-four months of a very low key lifestyle and a lot of resting, he was ready for some tutoring (she came a few hours a week). Then he finished the last few weeks of school going half days.

6 months later and into the summer, he was running around with his friends, swimming and biking. In addition he played tennis and golf. He no longer needed his sunglasses, which he couldn't walk outside without earlier in the year. He didn't even need his eye glasses and I would catch him reading signs from far away and tiny words on a book. He laughed a lot and and we would have really great conversations and it was so great to see our little boy back!

8 months later he is making it through a full day of school and is a happy boy. He still sometimes gets headaches at night. The doctor says 1 out of every 5 kids can take a year or longer for the headaches to go away. Until then, he is out of all contact sports and we make sure he still rests and takes breaks. We are rethinking what we will do as far as sports for the future because kids brains are still forming until the age of 14 and another blow to his head could be devastating.

His improvements were slow and steady. We made sure he was comfortable and gave him a lot of love and encouragement. Looking back at that first day of his concussion in January and watching him be in so much pain and seeing him now as a happy boy is really great. But we are so cautious with him and will do anything for him so this does not happen again.

From one Mom to another, I know how difficult it is to see your son suffer so much. I feel like I hardly slept at night because I worried so much about him. I have talked to so many Mom's whose kids have had concussions and have recovered. But you really don't want that second or third one. It's important to think about that and the doctors tell me that often! It does take a lot of time for concussions to heal but do be encouraged by the small improvements your son makes.

If you want to discuss more, please feel free to send me a private message and we can talk that way too. Take Care!!!!