He does not remember it all, but here is what we do know. He went up to a friends house to see if he could come down and play for a while. His friend was not home so Nick skateboarded back down the hill to our house. He got to much speed and his board started to wobble violently, so he jumped off to avoid crashing. Unfortunately, he could not run as fast as his board had been traveling and he wiped out. He does not remember the wipe out.
I was cleaning in the garage and looked out up the street to see if he was coming back. I saw him sitting in the street 25 feet from his skateboard. Something did not look right, and when he got up, he kind of stumbled around a bit and I went out to meet him. He was kind of out of it and did not know what happened to him. I put him in the shower to get the road debris off his face and started to realize that he was having some memory issues. Yvonne called at about same time and I told her I was taking him to the hospital to get him checked out.
We got to the hospital fairly fast and we checked in promptly. Well, suffice to say that 3 hours later, he has a grade 2 concussion and some good scrapes on his face, shoulder and elbow, but will be perfectly fine.
He'll miss at least one week of football though with the concussion. On to the images.
9 comments:
Oh Nick, I'm so sorry about your skateboard outrunning you - and you getting banged up. I'm glad to hear that you'll be OK once everything heals up. Please, take it easy.
Oh my gosh, Nick, that looks like it sure hurt!!! YIKES!! I'm so glad you were wearing your helmet. I hope you don't have much pain anymore. If you get a black eye, I want to see more pictures, though. WOW!!!! Miss you! Aunt Jen. P.S. I bet you scared your parents half to death!!!
Nick, your beautiful face. I'm so sorry. Hope everything heals up real fast. Sorry you'll be missing a week of football, but it's important to give your head a good rest. Read some good books and do some quiet things this week. Aunt Joanne
Nick- So sorry to hear about your accident. Sure am glad you are going to be alright. I'm sure your friends at school loved listening to your story. Good job wearing your helmet!!
Love,
Jen, Chris, Ethan, Will, & Noah
Nick says "Hi" to everyone and thanks for your comments and well-wishes. He says "Hope to see you all soon."
Nick
Ouch! Wow, Nick, that stinks but we're glad to hear you're doing ok and will heal quickly. Good job wearing your helmet!
Nick, do you know that Malcolm gave me a concussion by bouncing on my head when he was 2 1/2? We were wrestling and Malcolm thought'd it be funny to sit on my head and bounce. Yelling "No!" didn't work so well so after the 3rd bounce I pulled him off of me. A little too late, apparently. It was a very mild concussion, but I'll still hold it against him!
Take care.
Love,
D5
Nick- WOW! I hope you make a speedy recovery and glad it was not worse- Hang in there- I bet you will be back on it in no time!
Julie
Sorry to hear about your crash. You look as handsome as ever!!
Do you still want to skateboard or do you think you should move on to another sport....maybe ping pong?
I bet you left a big pothole in the street!!!!
Love you,
Aunt Donna
Nick, how is your face, shoulder and arm doing now?? Tell your dad to post more pictures so we can make sure you are recovering. Love, Aunt Jen
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