A Cut in My Leg

I've done sports pretty much all my life. From volleyball, gymnastics, and track, I've done it all. So I know how easily you can get injured. One of my worst injuries happened last year while I was ice skating. I had been doing it for many years and was practicing for a competition when it happened, so I didn't expect to slip up so badly. It started out a normal session, until I made the mistake of going to fast. It was against the rules and everyone always told you NOT to go too fast, because you could fall or run over a child but apparently I had forgotten and kept going. I didn't think it would be a problem and no seemed to mind. But soon, I started to loose control and when I tried to stop, my right foot lost balance and I fell face forward onto the ice. Luckily, I didn't hit my head but I already felt the pain and cold from hitting the ice. When I recovered from my shock, I felt a intense sting in my knee and when I looked at the ice I saw blood all over where I had fallen. As I looked at my knee I saw that my right skate blade had cut into my knee as I had fallen. The result was I huge gash that had cut through my leggings and my knee with blood all around the white ice. The next thing I knew people where crowding all around me before I became dizzy and passed out. When I woke up, I saw that I was no longer on the ice but in the hospital, with bandages around my knee. My parents explained that when I had fallen, the blade had cut deeply into my knee and I had passed out from shock. Now, the doctor had stitched up my leg and I was ready to go home. I did still feel pain in my knee but soon I discovered that I could walk on it which brought huge relief. For the next few days, I did have to hobble around a bit and take several doses of Advil but after two months or so, I was back on my feet and ready to skate again.
Lesson: Never go too fast when skating.