That was the sound of my
broken leg, a fast move that caused a lot of
pain. I was screaming and crying, wondering what just happened. I was taken out
to the sideline; my mom was calling my dad to tell him that he would have to
take me to the emergency room. It took my dad about 20 minutes to drive over to
the soccer field, but it felt like hours to me. The pain was killing me.
When I
got to the emergency room it took a while before I got helped. They took x-rays
with a big steel board on the side of my leg. They had troubles finding balance
for the board and it kept on falling on my hurting leg. It turned out that I
had a spiral fracture, which is really bad and for the following three hours:
the doctors tried to decide whether I needed a surgery or just a cast.
Fortunately, I didn’t need surgery and they started to wrap my leg with
fiberglass. When I came out into the hallway, I had a big, full leg cast on.
Surprisingly the cast was very light, but clumsy. Going from being a very active
kid, I could now for the first time experience the life of a lazy, American
kid. I got a new computer, which was pretty awesome, and for the next two weeks
I was spending all my waking time playing on the computer. Those two weeks were
the best ever and I wished the whole rehab time could have been like that. But
unfortunately, I had to start to do real rehab in the beginning of the third
week.
This meant physical therapist appointments twice a week and rehab exercises
in the gym every day. The rehab was boring and I had to do it for two months.
But after those two months, I got my cast of. That was a big relief. After two
months in a cast, my leg was as small as a twig; but at least I got the cast
off. Even if I got my cast off, I had a lot of rehab and physical therapist
appointments left.
One day, my physical therapist told me that I could start to do Nordic skiing for rehab. I was sad that I couldn’t alpine ski, but happy that I at least could do some kind of skiing. I realized pretty soon that I would not be able to compete with the alpine team this winter, but that didn’t bother me too much; I joined the Nordic team instead. After a couple of weeks of Nordic skiing, I had become a solid Nordic skier and on the Sun Valley Nordic Team award in the end of the season I got the award for being the most outstanding boy on the prep team. All the rehab training helped my leg heal fast and I have already started to play soccer again.
Blair (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 2:58 PM
OMG! i didnt know that you had to do therapy.! That is kinda gross!
Blair
Ryan (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 3:11 PM
Kristian-
Nice story! Though I really liked it and thought it was well written and very descriptive, it must have hurt and totally sucked to break your leg. I liked how the title and how it was used in the first sentence. Nice job, and keep it up.
-Ryan
Jack Goodwin (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 3:15 PM
kristain nice job,
your story had great description. i bet it really hurt i have never broken anything but i bet it hurt. that would have sucked if you had had to get surgerey
Nicce
Jack
Parker Jones (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 3:16 PM
What is up! I really liked the title of your story, when I first looked at it I was like What? Then when I started reading it it was awsome!
Olivia (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 3:18 PM
Hi Kristian,
Nice story! I really liked it. You went straight to the point and I really liked the last paragraph. I never knew that you started Nordic skiing because of your broken leg. One thing I think you could add is how you broke your leg. The beginning paragraph was a little unclear and I never really understood how you broke your leg. Keep up the good work, Kristian!
-Olivia
henry (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 3:21 PM
nice story i was there scary
i like the beging
henry
griffin (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 4:44 PM
I remember that whole story like it was yesterday when it happened. great dicriptions they were great
braden (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 4:47 PM
Kristian, Outstanding great, it had really good detail and liked when you said I could now for the first time experience the life of a lazy american kid. Great story. keep up the good work
Braden
Sean (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 4:50 PM
that was great i loved the title crack and then you used it in the story right off the bat and that must have been painful
great story loved it.
Alex (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 5:03 PM
Kristian,
Nice story! that must have hurt a LOT!!! good details and you must've been really scared!
Alex
Evan (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 5:26 PM
Ouch! your discription at the first paragraph made me wince. It had only fairly big discription, but it still was a little too much for me.
Evan
P.S. good job on the last blog post of the 6th grade!
Emily Siegel (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 6:09 PM
Kristian I bet that felt so bad i would hate to brake my leg. Luckly you were alowed to join the nordic team. Nice job with the award.
Sarah (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 6:27 PM
Great story it mustve been really painful and its also sad that you just had to sit in the emergency room for three hours...i dont know about you but the emergency room scares me. its cool that you got to do nordic skiing but it mustve been hard having to give up alpine.
good story nice conclusion. keep up the good work!
-Sarah
Lilly (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 6:42 PM
Wow! Amazing story. I was kind of grossed out at the beginning because of Crack! that was the sound of my broken leg. Other that it was a pretty amazing story. If I was on the computer for two weeks I would get bored. It's cool that you got a new computer.
Hope Perkins (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 7:53 PM
Kristian,
Great story. That must of been a bummer when you broke your leg. I wish you would've added more detail.
-Hope
Nico (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 8:08 PM
kristian, that does not sounds fun at all. having to do all the theropy and stuff and the worst not being able to ski! anyway that was a good description of all the things you went through
Keegan Whitelaw (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 8:32 PM
Kristain,
That was a great story! I remeber when I was watching your game and saw you come off the feild. That sounds
like that really hurt! That didn't sound to fun. That was a good story and you really explained it. Keep up
the good work.
-Keegan
carson (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 8:40 PM
Kristian
it sounds like that was painful i loved the discription.
Why did you quit alpine?
Darby (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 8:49 PM
Kristian,
That was a very good story, it was well written and it had a lot of details. I didn't know you had to do so much physical therapy and rehab. Sounds boring. You are lucky u got a new computer. Anyways, Keep of the good work.
-Darby
Thomas (the kiwi) Gillespie (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 8:49 PM
i was playing rite next to you and could here the snap. and it was a bummer that you broke your leg before ski season! nice story
kristian..... no jay......yep jay (unauthenticated)
May 24, 2010 9:27 PM
kristian,
Yes crack is exactly how i would describe the sound of your leg breaking. when you had to do rehab did it hurt your leg at first. That is a bummer that you had to do all of those exercises. at least you were able to ski.
jackie (unauthenticated)
May 25, 2010 2:11 PM
I remember when you broke your leg, I was there and it looked painful. I also saw you every thursday when you did therapy at Zenergy.
and that was a good story.
Garrett Rawlings (unauthenticated)
May 25, 2010 4:01 PM
Kristian,
that was a great story. i remember the huge guy who we thought was in 9th grade kicking you. then a guy came and said you would be fine. i bet you had a lot of fun on your new computer. i like how you started the story with crack and then used in your first sentence.
Garrett
Max Tanous (unauthenticated)
May 25, 2010 5:27 PM
Great Story!!! You had great description. I like how you said you lived the life of a lazy
Waverly (unauthenticated)
May 25, 2010 7:46 PM
Kristian,
That was a really good story. I like the beginning and its cool that you got a new computer. You described everything really well.
Samie (unauthenticated)
May 25, 2010 9:36 PM
kristian,
that was a really good story!
That sounded really painful
-Samie
Hannah (unauthenticated)
May 26, 2010 2:11 PM
Kristian,
Your story was very descriptive. I have never broken anything and not been able to move around. It sounds really painful to break your leg and to have it take so long to get better. It is cool about your new computer. So, I really liked your story. Great Job!
Hannah
Lexi (unauthenticated)
May 26, 2010 7:34 PM
Ow! Spiral factures are bad... My mom had one when she was 7... AnywAy, that would would be so bad.
That was kinda gross how you could hear the crack, all I heard when I broke my arm was crunching snow and my helmet scraping the net.
lukas dewolfe (unauthenticated)
May 27, 2010 8:49 PM
ouch! that must of hurt a lot. I have broken my leg skiing because I crashed in to a tree. That was scary that you could hear the crack of your bone. I like how you said "now I will have the life of a reguler american kid. great job!
Lukas "other wise known as your brother"
Eliza (unauthenticated)
May 28, 2010 11:38 AM
Kristian,
That was really good. I thought it was funny how you said you went from a very active kid to a lazy american kid. You had very good detail! good job Kristian!!
Eliza