T’s New Bed and Dressers are Bought!

This weekend we made a stop and picked up T’s new bed and dressers. They are all in this:
I went to my favorite store. Those who know me well know where I went. The fun will be putting it all together...LOL!  

Video from BBW 3rd Dan Final Test 2019

Enjoy the video. T doesn’t do his Poomsae full force because he’s under doctors orders not to because of his injury. He did such a great job considering his circumstances. Grand Master was so proud of him. Enjoy the video. 

3rd Dan Black Belt Final Test (10/26)

Yesterday T did his final test and although he couldn’t do everything because of his injury he did fantastic on what he could do. Here are a few pictures of him with Hyejin Amy Park (Master Amy), Victor Daewoo Kim (Master K), and Grand Master Jun Lee. He so loves his Masters so very much. Enjoy!

Master Amy!

Grand Master Jun Lee!

Master K!

Healing Nicely/Challenges of Wearing Glasses

T had a chiropractor adjustment today along with another laser therapy session on his pulled muscle. He’s healing nicely and is feeling quite good. This is the dangerous stage so the chiropractor and his PT doc say. This is the crucial period where lots of reconstruction is going on in his muscle and it feels so good that you wanna get back to normal but that’s a no no from what we’ve been told. Keeping T at bay and not doing anything to reinjure his thigh muscle is hard when he’s so used to working out a ton all the time. 

Lots of changes happening with him though. He’s doing strength training with the PT for his thigh muscle, doing laser therapy, and wearing glasses. Getting used to wearing glasses is no easy task. We went back today for them to adjust them for him and he’s still complaining they hurt so we’ll go back again tomorrow for another adjustment on them. Plus he’s had some headaches. That’s to be expected. After a couple of weeks it will be old hat for him. 

Reading is Renewed for T

T got out one of his favorite books about how things work and started to read better than I’ve seen from him in a while. I wear glasses myself and I should have noticed the signs but didn’t realize there was a problem because he hadn’t spoke up about it until now. I think it finally reached a point that something had to be done is why he started telling us he can’t see. Now we move forward with things and hopefully at a more accelerated pace...LOL! 

New Glasses 🤓

Here’s a picture of T with one of his new pairs of glasses. He is so incredibly happy to be able to see clearly. There’s no telling how long he has had this problem. He tells us it’s been a long time now. We had a conversation with him about coming to us and telling us when something is really wrong like his pulled muscle and now his eyes. Being farsighted like he is could have a whole lot to do with why he hasn’t been able to do half of what he’s been asked to do from me with school and from his coach with TKD. It’s a whole new world for him now and he can sharper than either his dad or I...LOL!  Check him out. He looks even more like his dad now....LOL! And he chose Ralph Lauren glasses. 

Eye Exam Today

Well T has to have glasses. He’s farsighted. So we are getting him two pairs of glasses 🤓. One to train with TaeKwonDo in and wear when he’s riding his dirt bike and the other for everything else. He goes back in to be fitted for contacts to wear when he fights on Tuesday next week. Here’s the two frames he chose:

PT Today

The PT assessed him today and he gave him exercises to strengthen his muscle and he goes back twice next week then we will go from there and see where he is at. Pictures from today.

Yesterday’s PT Appointment

I was under the impression that we were going to get started on PT yesterday since T had already been diagnosed down in Matthews but it was yet another consult🙄. So today T goes for his actual first PT session for his thigh. The doctor gave it a different name than the one in Matthews. I can never remember the technical language though. He explained that there are 3 stages to pulls. There’s a stage 1 that’s a very slight pull, stage 2 (which is where we are being told T is) is a more significant pull, and stage 3 is an actual tear and we are doing surgery. So that’s where we are currently. I will keep you posted as we have more to share. 

Laser Therapy Yesterday

T had his second laser therapy on his pulled hip flexer muscle yesterday. He was feeling much better and it’s lasting longer. They told us since they went deeper yesterday that he may be a little more sore but he never was. We were so thankful for that. He’s making great progress in a short period of time. He goes to the PT for the first time at 2pm today and we fill them in on all that he’s been doing to get this healed as quickly as possible so he can get back to training. We’ve been informed by other parents of athletes in this sport that you have to really push the PT’s to do what’s best for them because they will want to play it safe. We don’t have time for that. In TKD sparring if you are down too long it can be a game changer for you as a fighter in this sport. T has worked too hard for this to keep him from moving forward. We’ll let you know how it goes today.