Tragedy 2
"He could go all the way, 50, 40, 30, one man to beat, he lowers his head and is tackled at the 22 yard line. What a spectacular run. He just went over 100 yards for the day. What's this? He's still down, he has not moved since being tackled after that great run." At one of the greatest moments of his football career, to date, he found great tragedy. Ryan was left with only hope for the future. The announcer cried out, "Ryan Wies is not getting up!" Ryan was the 14 year old star tailback for his high school JV football team. At that moment Ryan laid immobile. The paramedics had been called and were on their way. Ryan was unconscious when the paramedics arrived. The paramedics then rushed Ryan to the Lake Geneva hospital. When Ryan finally, became conscious, he was very scared he did not know where he was or how he got there. All he saw was lights and a white textured ceiling, he then realized that he was on his back. At that point Ryan tried to move, but couldn't, he began to cry as he became more scared and terrified. Five minutes later, a man wearing what looked like a white robe with his name stitched on it, walked into the room. The man said to Ryan "Hello Ryan my name is Dr. Albert, you are probably wonderin
After four days Ryan was starting to get feeling in his fingers and toes. The doctors were astonished with how fast he got feeling, but the doctors informed Ryan that it was going to be a long recovery process with much physical therapy. The doctors gave Ryan the option to go home at the end of the month or stay at the hospital for observation. Three hours later Ryan was getting surgery. The surgery took six and a half hours. The surgeons had to use titanium alloy to fully repair the bone. Before they could put the titanium alloy in Ryan's neck, they had to remove all the pieces of bone to prevent any complications. When they were done with the surgery they decided to put Ryan in a halo. Although Ryan had only gained 60% of his strength back, he was walking. He was still weak, but he could do all the things his friends could do, just not as much or as long. It just goes to show that with a little dedication and will power that a person can overcome the odds. When Ryan came out he was in a halo (A halo is a mechanism that gives the spine support for healing. The halo that Ryan had was connected to his head and hips. A halo is connected by drilling screws into the designated areas.). Ryan did not feel any different, but he did not like the way that he looked. He felt as if he was a robot, but an immobile robot. When a person breaks there neck it can depress a person very
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Approximate Word count = 949
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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