• 02
  • December
    2010

It was a normal day for one Texas mom. On Sept. 15, 2010, she went to pick her son up from his school's football practice. Her son's condition, however, was anything but normal. And the mother couldn't believe that the school's employees did not involve medical help sooner.

According to the mom, when she picked her boy up from practice he displayed multiple signs that he had suffered a brain injury. He was slurring his speech, had a difficult time remembering things, an unusual headache, blurred vision and more. She thinks that with such obvious symptoms, athletic officials should have done the responsible, "common sense" thing by calling 911.

Youth are especially vulnerable when it comes to head injuries because their brains are still developing, which is why more and more safety advocates are pushing for schools to have stricter regulations regarding such conditions. In response to the Texas mother's concern, the school responsible for the boy on the football team insists that the Sept. situation was handled completely according to school policy.

When the mother took the injured boy to a doctor, his condition was diagnosed as a traumatic brain injury. More specifically, the child had sustained a concussion. The freshman's personal injury was so serious that he will have to miss a minimum of two years playing ball - a likely heartbreaking outcome for any football lover with not just dreams of playing in high school, but working toward a college football aspiration as well.

Source

myfoxhouston: "Mom Says School Handled Son's Injury the Wrong Way," 18 Nov. 2010