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[quote=Anonymous]Could she attend some of the social events?  Those that are just social and not doing strenuous activities should be okay.

A warning here.  I don't think this happens very often but you should be on the alert for sudden personality changes and changes in behavior.  My teen had a concussion (was unconscious for ten minutes) not all that long ago, but long enough ago that no one seemed to care (and yes, I'm talking about you Childrens!) about concussions unless there was bleeding in the brain.

Within two weeks, my DC went from no use of bad language to swearing at me with the f word.  Within a month, there was huge erratic behavior like going from going out on weekend nights with reasonable constraints that were not questioned to suddenly staying out all night with me clueless as to where DC was.

There was much more, and I was at my wits end--found a psychiatrist who tried various meds none of which did much but no one put two and two together with the concussion.  Hope you don't encounter this, but if you do be insistent that the concussion be considered as an underlying cause.[/quote]

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