Last week, Monkey’s new spring soccer coach called a preliminary practice from 5:30 – 6:45. Monkey had a meal-sized snack right after school, so that he wouldn’t need to eat closer to practice time. He took two Tums before heading out to practice as well. These steps were intended to minimize any reflux that might trigger his VCD.
The coach had emailed to give us preliminary information, and had asked if there were any medical issues that he ought to know about, so I did send back an email explaining Monkey’s VCD and also sent him a pointer to the information sheet that is online.
Monkey did not have an attack until the very end, when they were doing an exercise where they would sprint up to one line, then back, then to the next line and back, and so on. (The coach noticed that he was struggling and told him to take a break.) I didn’t watch the whole practice, so I’m not sure how vigorous it was, but this coach does have a reputation of working the boys pretty hard.
PE is going well too. He can do the 6-minute jog with no problems. He hasn’t had any issues in their various sport/activity units so far either.
He did find his IMT trainer, but has not yet started using it with any regularity. I’m hoping that soccer season will motivate him.
