That's what my son says his days seem like.
A brief update to those who don't know and a different slant on the minor league reporting thread.
At fall instructs my son said his arm never hurt worse and was shut down. Had an MRA that unfortunately didn't show anything. Started a rehab assignment during the winter and followed it religously. Went to spring training and the pain was still there. Shut down again and started a second rehab under the watchful eye of head trainer. Pain still there after second rehab. NOTE: Josh told them that he could rehab all they wanted, but he knows his body and knew there was something wrong that rehab wouldn't fix.
After second rehab failed they flew him up to Baltimore where he had surgery by the top guy at Johns Hopkins. Result was a torn labrum and had 3 screws put in to fix it. Surgeon did say that with proper rehab (about 7 months) he didn't see any reason Josh couldn't be ready to go by next spring.
Back to Sarasota for rehab along with about 8 or 9 other players rehabbing for various injuries.
Typical day in the life of Josh. Up at 7:00 am, rehab from 7:15 to 9:00 am. Back to hotel. Back to field for lunch. Back to hotel. Wake up next day and same thing all over again. One slight difference is his wife is a flight attendant and gets down there at least once a month and he has been able to fly home twice so far on his days off.
On the bright side, he is finally able to get rid of the immobilizer and in a week or so will be able to get rid of sling. Rehab is slow but the trainers told him that since he didn't have to use the immobilizer he has made great gains and is now ahead of schedule.
Just a different side to life in the minors and the realization that not everything that glitters is gold.
Good thoughts and well wishes are appreciated.
Frank
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