Originally Posted By davewasbaloo OMG!!!! That is sooooo lucky. I hope all is going in the right direction. Love and Hugs, The baloos
Originally Posted By rtjl72 trampolines are bad-bad-bad! but how horrible for your son! i pray for his recovery! he is young and the healing process is amazing at that age! i have a story that is almost legend here in our little town. i share it with younger moms like you that stress over their little people and those children's desire to be the great athlete. first, how wholesome and positive that your child is sports oriented and keeps busy. the most important aspect of an activity at 11 years old is to teach the love of the game or activity. if he learns all about baseball and can keep that love for life, then mission accomplished! i will sound preachy and proud, but here is a little story. we live in a small suburb outside of the capitol city in iowa.(it's ok to laugh). anyway, at 12 years old, my son was not asked to play on the town's aau team for baseball. politics and money were a great influence on the coaches. so, wouldn't you guess it, that team went on to win the national title for 12 year olds that year. (thank goodness, i scheduled a nice little trip to dl that week). anyway, for almost all of those boys on that team, that was the highlight of their sports careers. at 12 years old, they never had a better moment or memory of their sporting accomplishments. as now, 30 year olds they still talk how wonderful it was. that's pretty sad that they still have the best thing in their lives happen when they were 12! and the topper is, guess who was 1 of only 3 boys in that graduating class to go on to play baseball at college? yep, my son!(insert proud mom here). and 2 of his friends that were also excluded from that team. my dh coached newly formed aau team that included those 3 boys for years after that character building incident. and now, ds is a coach at his alma mater high school and will probably end up coaching some of the sons of those silly boys that peaked at age 12. so, tell your son how sad you are for him. have him study the game and watch as many of them as he can this summer and LEARN the game. it will amazingly teach him the things that will make him a futre great player, because it is not only pure skill, but also knowing the game , situational plays, defense, the love for the game itself. my prayers and encouragement! hang in there mom! it is so very hard when our children fall sick, and even harder when their hearts are sad! GO MOM !
Originally Posted By momof4boys Thank you rtjl72 for the story. He is gradually starting to feel a little better. Many of his teammates have called or come over and told him they want him to sit in the dugout, maybe keep book. I think he feels good to still be "part of the team". I know what you mean about people putting a little too much importance into 12 yo sports. Last year was a very wet summer in Oklahoma and the state games were delayed a week-running into our vacation plans. We could rearrange a little bit but he HAD to leave on a certain day for us to catch our first ever Disney Cruise. I told the coach if it was rain delayed past that date, they would have to play without him. We had been planning that vacation for years. His coach said, " I'm sorry but he is our strongest outfielder, he can't leave!" Excuse me? Luckily it didn't come to that- we literally left town the minute the celebrating from the game was over. Ironically, this was the same coach that 2 years earlier never played Sam in a single game. Trampolines- I fought this for years. I had heard horror stories but they were all with people doing stupid things. Many have implied I am over protective. I make my kids wear a helmet when bike riding. I won't let them ride an ATV ( which are BIG here), I won't even let them operarte a power lawn mower until they are 12. They stayed in a booster seat in the car way older than anyone else. I still won't let Sam sit with a passenger side airbag. It makes me mad- I see all these parents letting their kids do stupid things, and my son gets hurt. I hate that trampoline- it makes me sick to look at it. I'm dealing with a heavy dose of guilt.
Originally Posted By lilgoofymom Don't feel guilty. I know, easier said than done. I'm a mom too. : ) It seems you had all the safety precautions in place (including enforced rules). Sometimes no matter have cautious we are things are going to happen. As far as the ATV's go, I am very much against them for kids. My Father in law has one he uses for hunting. He also lets the grandkids ride or drive them when they are visiting. Not my DD. I had to hold my ground. I have seen too many injuries concerning those things. Dear Granpa & Granny just don't think anything will happen so they let them have at it, to make the kids happy. So far nothing has happened, but there was always that possibility. The Kids in question were preteen to under legal car driving age. I also had her in a booster seat far beyond the age most of her friends were riding in one, but she liked it. She is small for her age, so she could see out better in the booster. Take the Over Protective comments as compliements. Even if they are not intended that way. I figure when people make those types of comments to me, they are possibly feeling like maybe they should have been more protective of their children in that situation.
Originally Posted By momof4boys We went to see the surgeon today. He says everything is looking good. He changed the dressing and splint- Sam was glad to be able to scratch for a minute! The leg looks very Frankensteinian- stitches going around more than half way and pins sticking out the side. It freaked Sam out a bit to see it, but then had us take pictures! He is pooped out now- it was a 90 mile drive each way.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 >>Sam was glad to be able to scratch for a minute!<< Ohh, brought back memories of when my nephew was in a cast and we'd shove the wire end handle of a fly swatter into the cast for a bit of a scratching session. Great that everything is looking good! Keeping the book for the team might be a nice idea, then again, he'd probably need you to go too and with 4 boys you might have other things to do
Originally Posted By Lil Mermaid aw, so sorry to hear this. 11 year old is so small to have a broken bone. Good thing about his age, he's gonna jump back WAY faster that you will probably like. He'll be back on his feet causing problems and getting upset with you over the trampoline again in no time! My thoughts and prayers are with you though!
Originally Posted By ajnhollysmommy Glad to hear everything is going ok. I understand completely about your guilt. I have those feelings too (why did I not buy the fireplace screen? It was only $50!) But try not to let the guilt get to you, and spend this time enjoying your son cuddling with you and have a pig out movie fest or a video game super bowl. I bet this will end up becoming fond memories of a great bonding time right before the teen years hit.
