The Soccer Injury By: Jesse "Are you ready?" I asked my brother, Troy and my sister, Casey. "You bet I'm ready! I have been waiting for this day for a year!" Troy said. Casey sat staring ahead, not speaking to me. So I repeated the question. She said, "I'm not talking to you. Not today." Mom and Dad looked at each other. Then Dad said "Here we go again." When we got to the parking lot I let Pietre my dog out of the truck and walked him to the field with Troy. When we got to the field I saw another dog there. I tied Pietre 20 feet away. I was getting ready for the game and then I looked over at the other dog. He got loose and broke the leash and started for Pietre. I got up fast and grabbed Pietre. I wrapped myself around him so that my puppy would be safe. By the time his owner got to the dog he had been picked up by my Dad. The owner said, "I'm so sorry. I should have been holding him tighter. You can get up now." I got up and wiped myself off. I walked over to the field and gave Pietre to my mom and walked on the field. I got in my position and the game started. They started with the ball. The person with the ball came right for me. We both tried to get the ball back and he kicked my leg so hard that I fell to the ground. When I tried to get up but my leg wouldn't move. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't get up because my leg hurt so badly. The ref blew the whistle and came to me and asked me if I could get up. I answered, "No." He asked me, "What's the matter?" I answered, "I'm in pain." "Hang in there. You'll be ok soon" he answered. Then he called the coach and they put me in my mom's car. Then they loaded everyone in the car and the next thing I knew we were at the hospital. Dr. Scott said, "Jesse has sprained his leg." "What!" I cried. Dr. Scott put a case on my leg and he put one on Pietre so he would not be left out. I missed 3 games and 2 practices. My team lost 3 games while I was gone and they had to play 5 on 5. When I came back I won us 5 games. |
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Patti Weeg May 13, 2006 |