My 13 year old son suffered a concussion on May 1 while playing soccer. He was dropped on his back and the momentum slammed his head back...whiplash. Noone picked up on the concussion for two weeks due to a severe, concurrent back injury. He was immobile and in severe pain from the back injury for the first week and a half before being hospitalized and treated with IV meds. At this point, we still don't know if he lost consciousness, but he has no recall of the entire second half of the game. It wasnt until the back pain was resolved that the symptoms from the concussion were revealed.

The neuro says that he has a level 3. The headaches started two weeks after the event. My son rates his headache on the pain scale as an 8 and it has not alleviated or gone away for one minute in the past two weeks. He literally moans all day...this from a kid with an unbelievable high pain tolerance. The neuro prescribed neurontin 300 mg./day which, after 4 days, is not even touching the pain!

He suffers from constant spinning and tipping of the room and cannot walk at all unassisted. Thus, he has been lying in a recliner all day long for four weeks.

He has blurred vision and letters are scrambled when he tries to read words. He has some cognitive issues.

I am terrified and frustrated! To see a strong, athletics, straight A student in this position is heartbreaking!

Does anyone have any advice/suggestions regarding treatment or outcomes?