Running and Swimming with His Cousin

T got to go running and swimming with his cousin today. They had a great time. Now they are playing video games until time for black belt class tonight. Here’s a pic from earlier today. 

After Training Today

Here’s a pic of T stretching after a hard training session today. Getting ready for Nationals is a lot of hard work but he loves it. 

Welcome Grand Master Attada!!!

Carolina Kick’s is having quite an honor. These pictures are not mine. They were posted on Carolina Kick’s Facebook page and I took screen shots to share with you here. 

Team Got Their Own Bottled Water

Haircut Time

LaMeek does such an awesome job on T’s hair. 

AAU Nationals Will Be Moving Next Year

AAU has been having their Nationals in Fort Lauderdale, Florida since T has gotten into doing Elite TKD Sparring. Next year they move and we are marking our calendars now. 

A Healthy Lunch

T is eating a really healthy lunch. Donna is teaching me some of her recipes to help T stay on weight. And he likes what she’s been fixing. And I love that it’s completely healthy for him. A Win Win!!!

Team Picture 2019

Master Wasiu and Master Striker with the team. Our coaches worked hard during this training camp to help our team be their absolute best for Nationals. So excited for all of them and looking forward to seeing how they all do at Nationals. 

Update on T

After meds off and on all night thru mid morning he no longer is running a fever and is back to his old self. We still feel it was heat exhaustion that caused everything but are so thankful he’s feeling normal again. We’ve been sitting around watching the Alvin and the Chipmunks movies this evening. He’s ate well today too. Rest and pushing fluids have made all the difference. He’s looking forward to being able to train on Tuesday. 

Training Yesterday

T didn’t have his best day yesterday with training. His body was burning up when he came off the mat. He looked like he could throw up any moment. I put ice packs on him right away thinking it’s heat exhaustion because he hadn’t drank enough water. I called his doctor and they thought the same thing and I let her know about when I took his temp at around 9 or 10 last night and he had a 103.6 fever. I had given ibuprofen at 5:30 and he has to wait 6 hours to take another doze and even with meds in him it was that high. Anyhow I was advised to take him to the hospital in case he needed IV fluids. It turns out that my pushing fluids from 5:30 up until we went to the hospital late last night that I was able to hydrate him. His electrolytes looked good. The doc did say that she could see from the urine they took that he had been pushing his body and training hard. I didn’t know that you could tell that with just doing urine analysis. Now I know. Anyhow T learned a hard lesson in all this and that’s to drink a ton of water. All he presented with was a headache and fever. No other symptoms. His dad and I still feel all he dealt with came from heat exhaustion because he wasn’t drinking enough water and we know that for a fact because we keep a close eye on his intake verses how much he’s working out. At any rate he’s feeling better today but I’m making him rest and not allowing him to get out of bed except to go to the bathroom. He can’t train until he’s been fever free for 24 hours. So we wait it out. So thankful for all of Donna’s help. We are staying with her while down here this time instead of the extended stay hotel where we normally stay. With what he’s dealing with it’s a godsend to be at her home and not at an extended stay.