Narrative Essay On My Knee

In mid-April of 2015 I was playing in a pre-season softball tournament for our Saydel team. It was a wet rainy day and we had a six hour game delay; we eventually got to play. I went up to bat, I got a pathetic little hit and knew I was going to be out at first base, but I ran anyway. The third baseman fielded the ball and made an awful throw to the first basemen. The first baseman jumped in the baseline. The baseline is the runner 's space, not the first baseman 's, and I should 've stayed there. I knew the first baseman and since I was probably going to be out, I cut sharply to the right to avoid a collision with her. When I did it I heard and felt the most dreadful pop of my life. I immediately collapsed and felt a burning pain that I never …show more content…
He would press down hard on my leg and apply a kind pressure on my knee that would make me wince in pain. It was a burning pain that felt like the back of my knee was melting away like metal. Well my leg started at 6 degrees and he would push it down to 2 degrees, but then it wouldn’t budge. My leg was stuck at 2 degrees, but it had to get to zero, and Jacob forced it to. He would press down even harder on my leg so my hamstring tendon graft(my new ACL) would stretch and get to full extension. I don’t know which one was worse: Jacob forcing my leg to straighten when it was completely against my leg’s will or my new ACL slowly sliding up, grinding into its original place after he let go. That was a pain even morphine couldn’t subdue and it happened every Tuesday and Thursday for months. As I progressed in physical therapy I would be able to do more complicated things like making a revolution on the bike to doing one legged squats. Also you’d be surprised with how many different lunge and squat variations there are. The fifth month after surgery I could run a little bit, it was with a limp, but it was something. Eventually I would hop and do …show more content…
I’ve worked my butt off in physical therapy to get where I am today. I’ve forced my leg to bend, move, hop, do one legged squats, and other exercises that extremely hurt. I became tough. I’m more patient now too. I don’t act like everything is a do or die situation anymore. Lastly, I’ve learned when you are injured people are rude and inconsiderate. I want to be different. I want to be helpful to those who are disabled or injured because everyone deserves respect and kindness. Tearing my anterior cruciate ligament, medial meniscus, and lateral meniscus has changed my life, and hopefully for the