asignment 21 - Robotic Grandpa

It was a nice summer day August 6th 2018 at 3:48pm and I was biking to work at the time I was lifeguarding at Signature Club. All of a sudden I found myself on the ground not being able to get up or stand. First thing I did was not call my mom but text work and my exact words were "Yo I'm gonna be a little late I can't really stand right now" eventually after laying on the ground for about 30ish min my mom came and then she took me to the ER where I was for the rest of the night and where I got news that was gonna make my life rough for the next couple weeks. So I found out that I cracked my femur straight through by the hip and was gonna get surgery and have 4 screws in my leg. The main reason that this was a setback for me was getting used to what my life was gonna be like and also keeping my mindset in a happy place. I had to adjust my ways of life to this injury and honestly the hardest thing was showering. The first time I tried to get into the shower I fell on my leg and broke a handle out of the wall. There were also tiny daily things that I had to adjust when it came to life on crutches. The main thing though was accepting that I wasn't able to do much when it came to sports and friends. It was the same thing every day, school then went home and repeated which after a while became very boring. It was really hard to stay positive throughout the whole process which I would say was the biggest challenge. Throughout the next couple years there is always a chance that the blood supply in my leg can stop or something medically concerning can happen and that's also frightening. So whenever I feel my leg start to hurt or something I get scared that something bad is going to occur. I have yet to set off metal detectors at the airport though so I am waiting on that experience. Overall though I learned to slow life down and also by the end I could zoom around the halls on my crutches.