Andrew made the JV Lacrosse Team and I was the first parent in the stands for the first game. I bought the obligatory spirit sweatshirt, seated myself in the stands, updated my status on facebook and prepared myself to be amazed at his prowess, talent and athleticism. Imagine my excitement when I saw he was a captain - for the first game of the season! My excitement continued as he was the "face-off" guy. I cheered for our team and was still hopeful for a great season, even though we lost 13-0. After the game he came to the stands, where his girlfriend had joined me, and asked if he could go back to her house for a couple of hours. Sure, no problem.
I got home and within 5 minutes of walking in the door his girlfriend was calling me frantically screaming that I had to come right away. "A lady pulled out right in front of him and he hit her. He's crying and his car is really messed up." Needless to say, my heart dropped. I told her to calm down, tell me where they were and then to call 911 and that I was on my way.
I arrived within 7 minutes...which felt like 7 hours. I might have made it in 5 minutes if my vulcan mind meld had worked on the driver in front of me when I tried to vaporize their car out of my way. The police had arrived and were directing traffic around the accident, which had blocked both eastbound lanes. Andrew was on the curb sobbing and one look at his car told me it was totaled.
I asked him if he was hurt. He said he had a headache and his hips and arm hurt. So I asked the police to call the paramedics. Why did I even have to ask for that? I mean the airbags went off, the car is totaled and he his complaining of a headache. Didn't they know a medic was needed? We ended up in the ER where he was checked for a concussion which was negative, thank goodness, but he had a burn on his wrist/arm from the airbag deployment. Enough that it burned through his shirt and took the hair off his arm. He also had abrasions on both hips and shoulder - from the seat belt, which thank goodness he was wearing. Nothing broken though, just beaten up. He was released with pain medication and muscle relaxers. Over the next couple days and additional lacrosse beat downs, he was very happy to have the muscle relaxers.
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