Narrative Essay

Narrative Essay

There are not too many things that were life changing for me. One thing that did change my life was having surgery on my foot. I was a pretty good soccer player up too freshman year. While practicing with the varsity team in the summer that I was becoming a freshman I noticed sharp pains in my right foot that I never realized before.
Because I was trying to make varsity I didn’t show that I was hurt. I kept practicing hard during those two a days soccer practices. What hurt me the most was the morning, hour and a half, running drills. We did not even touch a soccer ball; it was long distance running with a few sprints in between. By working as hard as I did I made the varsity team here at Maine East, along with one other freshman. But the whole season I played in pain.
After starting winter track my foot pain became unbearable. Every step I took hurt even when I was walking. My mom took me to see an orthopedic doctor after my first week of practice. After running some x-rays and mri’s my doctor concluded that I had three shattered bones, and torn tendons. He said that I would need surgery. I was really taking it hard because I did not want to miss my upcoming indoor soccer season with my club team.
After discussing it with my parents we decided that I should wait until summer time to have surgery. I ended playing goalie for my team in indoor soccer, but did not play in the spring my freshman year.
Surgery really affected my life a few months after I had it done. From a skinny and athletic 125lb freshman I came to school as 175lb sophomore. Because I laid on my family room couch for six weeks eating taco bell and smoking hookah I had gained fifty pounds.
Now that I have four rods in my foot, a few metal anchors, and some screws I still can’t play soccer. Even running for more than five minutes will make my foot hurt pretty bad. And the scar never fully healed, so I will always have a recollection of this surgey.