I was a very athletic person in high school. I played soccer, ran track and played football. I was very fortunate to not have any injury up until my horrible concussion I got while playing football.
It was senior night and we were playing our rivals the Burne Union Lions. I played all sides of the ball so my body was put through some major physical tests. Opening kickoff I'm on the field and our team is receiving the ball. Our front line miss almost all of their blocks and when I turn around to block for our kick return I get ear holed by the Lions star linebacker. The rest of that night is black all I know is I played the rest of the game and we lost badly. I start remembering things after the game in the locker room when I collapse outside and start throwing up everything in my stomach.
The trainer comes over and asks me a series of questions that I don't remember and immediately diagnose me with a concussion. The next thing I remember is being poked by needles in the back of a ambulance and throwing up all over the floor while they are driving. Through out the night I was in the hospital I was in and out of consciousness and in a lot of pain. After I was released the next few weeks were terrible and full of head aches and a lot of missed practices.
I think the worst part of my concussion was me not being able to finish out the rest of my football season and letting my team down even though I knew that we were not going to win any games. To this day I feel like the concussion effects my memory and I have a huge view on concussion awareness and contact sport preventing them. Concussions really are a huge problem that should never be over looked.
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