Our Boy, Tucker

This is a look of mom stop taking pictures of me already. This dog knows when I’m taking a picture.  I always have to sneak to get the good shots...LOL!

Gaming Fun

The boy is in heaven right now playing games with his friends.

Enjoying Our Christmas 🎄

This ornament always reminds me of when T was little. This is how he always loved to be held. Miss those days but I will always cherish the memories.

Manley Smells Need Manly Deodorant

I had to break down and do a thing a couple of days ago. T has been growing and changing like crazy and he’s had the manly smells to go with it so he got his first manly deodorant. He chose Old Spice Swagger. Now he smells much much better. Those manly smells boys go through in puberty ain’t no joke😳.

Christmas Eve 2020

We always allow the unwrapping of one gift on Christmas Eve. T wanted to open this one and was so excited to get his first big boy watch😁.

Laser Therapy

T started laser therapy yesterday on his knees (front and back) and this is his second therapy today. He’ll have one more before he goes to bed tonight. 

After seeing how it helped him recover so fast from his thigh/hip muscle injury last year we are firm believers in this form of therapy. It’s a therapy that many elite athletes use. He’s starting to feel better with each therapy session on it. Our chiropractor trained us on how to use it properly. He’s given us a protocol to adhere to and we are doing it in hopes that T can get back to training on Monday. This will more than likely be something we do everyday to keep his pain level where he can train/compete and his pain level be low or hopefully unnoticeable. 

It’s Official

What T is dealing with is Osgood-Schlatter. It’s a fancy way of saying really really intense growing pains that cause a bulge just below his knee. We’ve been given a protocol to follow and we will move forward with it.

It’s an at home and in office laser therapy treatment. To rent the unit is $250 for a week....yikes. We are looking into buying one because we know this will be an ongoing treatment for T as he continues to grow. The cost of the home unit is $2,500....even more yikes. Now we crunch numbers to see if we can get this done for T because it’s now something he actually needs to be able to have on hand. 

Osgood-Schlatter’s

Osgood-Schlatter’s is a growing disease that plaques young athletes. They grow out of it but it seems T has it. We will get the official diagnosis today when T goes for his chiropractor appointment. His chiropractor isn’t just a run of the mill chiropractor. He’s an elite athletic specialist. This disease is something T will grow out of but while he is growing like he has this past year this is something he has to deal with. The chiropractor will give us a treatment plan today, I’m sure, that will hopefully minimize his growing pains. All kids go through growing pains but it’s even more so when you are an elite athlete and growing. It’s what causes the problem of the lump that forms below the kneecap, which T has. There’s not an athlete around that’s been an athlete since childhood that didn’t go through what T is going through now. Not training is not an option for T so we look for all the ways we can minimize pain and keep moving forward. It may mean we break down and buy a portable laser therapy tool so he can do at home treatment because this will be an issue he’ll be dealing with as he continues to grow these next years ahead. Our boy is a tough cookie. He’s trained the better part of a month or two with his knees hurting badly with no treatment for it but now we will get a handle on it and he won’t be in so much pain from it. #growingproblems #nopainnogain #thistooshallpass 

Another Tooth Bit The Dust!!!

T lost another one of his back teeth plus his 12 year old molars are coming in on the bottom and his top 12 year old molars are white for harvest....LOL!  He yanks them out now and places them in my hand and is like another $5 please. Talk about inflation. He said because he yanks it out on his own and doesn’t whine about it that he should get more $$$ for it...LOL!  The kid is something else. 

Christmas Outfit from Aunt Elaine