My crappy update (UPDATE in OP. Spoiler: Less crappy)

[sweetptater]

I'm so glad you got some good news!

[mustardseed2007]

Sometimes in karate they do spar, it probably depends on the class. When my niece did it they would spar at the end of every lesson, even the littles. It didn't really involve blows to the head, but there was kicking to the midsection and what I would describe as wrestling.

k3am I thought it was the white part but I wanted to check because damn that's big! But it is nice that they are like...meh...we don't need to do anything. It looks dramatic though!

[judyblume14]

So glad you got the best news you could get!

It is so scary to me that he compared football and hockey injuries to a 3-4 story fall or being thrown through a windshield. Yikes.

[librarychica]

Omg! You have been through the wringer. i am so glad it turned out to be a “wait and see” thing. Hopefully you will be putting this behind you soon.

[erinshelley21]

I'm sure you are incredibly relieved! I'm glad the follow up went well!

[welly01]

Glad to hear you got some positive news! I hope this will be the end of it.

[leap]

I bet you are so relieved. That's great news. I think there are some awesome non-contact sports and I'm sure he'll find something he loves. Personally, I'd be kind of relieved that he can't do contact sports.

[polecat8]

This is the best news!

[2chatter]

Soccer is the second highest concussion sport - I got a few doozies when I played. My kids are going to wear honeycomb headgear (I wore for rugby) when play gets more physical (probably one or two more years for DD).

I agree there are great options - swimming and tennis, notably. Hang in there momma!