This is not the update I wanted to provide. I can say that my son is probably at the lowest point in this whole process. As I mentioned before her had his 1st setback in late December. He finished the 90’ ITP with no problem. The 1st time he attempted 120’ he couldn’t get through it. He was able to get into see his surgeon the day before he headed back to school. He advised that everything looked good structurally. They had him go back to therapy to work on strength. He worked back through the 90” phase with no issues. Last night he tried 120’ again and could not get through the 2nd set before he felt pain in the front and back of his shoulder.
Obviously this is has taken an emotional toll on him and me both. The hardest thing to deal with is the self doubt that is setting in. He is 7 months and 1 week post surgery. I spoke with his PT who is working with him at school this morning and he advised that he appears to have the strength but that his stamina may be the thing that is keeping him form progressing. He is going to meet with my son today and then speak with his surgeon.
As parent the thing I am struggling with is that he is 1500 miles away, He is working as hard as he can and I am concerned about the level of stress the kid must be going through maintaining a 3.5 GPA, attending practice, going to PT and doing everything he needs to do to get back.
Another issue is that he has been hitting the ball really well. So much so that he made the travel squad even though he can’t play defense. I imagine the extreme high he is getting from being successful and then the low of not progressing with his throwing program is very difficult to deal with.
This is such an emotional roller coaster that he as player and me as a parent was not prepared for.