Memorial Day Tournament

Tyler had another tournament in Anaheim over Memorial Day. I took him and two of his hockey friends down with me while Chris stayed here with the kids and partied (more on that later).

It was such an amazing weekend. I'm glad I got some alone time with T before he starts Jr. High this summer.

The blew everyone out of the water! Their team has become so strong over this year, I'm really sad to see it end. Half of Tyler's team will move on to the older group so they'll be splitting up after this season. Tyler's coach is an amazing person, he is so kind and friendly. The kids love him.

The Penguins played 5 games total. During game 3 Tyler got knocked into the boards and when knee first. He was down for a while and the medic had to come take him off the ice. He did end up playing the rest of the game.

We went to lunch after and then Tyler had a game later that afternoon. His knee was pretty swollen, but I figured he wouldn't play if it hurt too much. He played, who was I kidding?

I called Chris and told him about the injury and Chris voiced that Tyler shouldn't play the last game. I had his knee looked at by another mom and we decided if we wrapped it, he should be fine if he wanted to play. I couldn't let Tyler miss playing in the Championship game!

During the final game he fell on it again. Poor kid. This is the actual picture of him going down the second time on his injured knee.

I had forgotten one of the moms works in the medical field and during our last game she said to me, "I saw Tyler's knee last night. You should really have that looked at when you get home". Now I was feeling like the crappiest mom EVER! But Tyler wanted to play, so I don't regret the decision.

My sweet uncle came down to see Tyler play on of his games. He took us to dinner, we went and saw the new Pirates movie and went to lunch the next day.
They won the Championship and we headed home. It was a great weekend.

I did take Tyler to the dr.'s when we got home and here we are, 10 days later from the accident. The dr. said he has contusions and sever bruising on his knee but all the ligaments are fine. If he still hurts in a couple weeks then he'll need an MRI on it, but for now he's looking good and walking better everyday.

Is it hockey season yet? I'm ready for another game!