Ecstasy-Personal Narrative

"Are you okay?" asked my fellow basketball players. My heart dropped. Spring 2015 during basketball practice, I landed weird and hurt my knee. Nobody could tell what I did to my knee, so I had to wait till the trainer came. At the end of the day he told me I hyperextended it. At this point, not only did I have to calm myself down, but I also had to calm my parents down. I knew it would probably be a long and painful recovery, but I knew in the long run it would be worth it. "Faster ladies, faster!" shouted Coach Bell from the sidelines. It appeared that it would be a good day, but I happened to be horribly wrong. While playing lineball I went up for a lay-up and landed indelicately. I instantly fell to the sweaty gym floor and grabbed my knee. Many people gave their input on what they believed happened. A lot of them thought I dislocated my kneecap or tore my ACL, which scared me. Since nobody knew exactly what I did, I had to wait until the end of the day to see the trainer. …show more content…
Brad portrayed to be a tall man with brown hair, and happened to be extremely nice and caring. "Yeah" I responded, "It hurts pretty bad, actually." After several other questions Brad told me I hyperextended my knee, and it should take four to six weeks to recover. He showed me four stretches to do every night and told me to ice my knee three to four times a day. At this point I remained fearful that it would never be the same. When I arrived home, I had to convince my mom that I would be all right. "Alyssa, you do not know if that is the only thing wrong with your knee." my mom stated, "We should go to the doctors and get a professional