Recently, a player was "earholed" (hit in the side of the helmet, forcefully) on a play and pulled himself from the game. The athlete went to the AT admitting to various TBI related symptoms and was taken into the building for further examination. This athlete's parents followed the team physician into the office where she performed her evaluation. By the time the AT got into the office about 10 minutes later when halftime arrived, the father met the AT requested that the AT not put his son back in the game and hide his helmet. He was very happy to hear that this AT had already taken the helmet from him.
I was pleased to hear that the father was educated enough to know the dangers and not risk further injury. While there is still a lot of work that needs to be done on the education front (as is demonstrated in my previous post,) It is stories like this that make the efforts encouraging since it is showing some signs of progress. If I could, I would give a helmet sticker to the parents for their awareness regarding this issue and I applaud them for their efforts and remaining educated in this issue.
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