Thread by @mrdopeflo, 1. I made this thread because a year ago I walked into [...]

1. I made this thread because a year ago I walked into a trampoline park #defyfayetteville and left on a stretcher changed for the rest of my life. Why should you read the thread ?

2. It's great day. I hit the gym, picked up my cap and gown, made plans to Netflix and chill. Peep the time I took the pic #defyfayetteville

3. My home girl cookie hmu "you tryna go to #defyfayetteville with me and my cousin?" Me being the fun loving person I am said

4. So we walk in and you gotta go thru one of them belt mazes to these kiosks. You gotta sign a waiver before you even pay #defyfayetteville

5. To sum up the 3 page waiver: no matter what injury occurs, I can't sue them. Even if I died my family couldn't sue them #defyfayetteville

6. I sign it anyway. Thinking what's the worst that could happen #defyfayetteville

7. We pay. Walk around a little. And decide to split up #defyfayetteville

8. I end up on this little obstacle course that's got hurdles but separated by trampolines. It looked like this but with a trampoline square on the other side #defyfayetteville

9. I'm an athletic person so I look at the obstacle course like #defyfayetteville

10. I think to get over the hurdle I have to jump as hard as I can. In the moment I forgot these are gymnastic Olympic level trampolines. I took physics in college but the whole semester I was like #defyfayetteville

11. I'm no small man, I'm 6'2 and was 270 when this happened. At the time I was in the gym everyday, I ran 8 miles every other day, dead lift 400, hack squat 430, leg press 500. My lower body was mad strong #defyfayetteville

12. So when I jump I go flying thru the air. I only meant to go over the first hurdle #defyfayetteville

13. I'm in the air looking back at the first and second hurdle like "I'm breaking something. Idk what but I'm getting hurt today" #defyfayetteville

14. I landed on the 3rd hurdle. The crack was so loud it sounded like gronk spiked a microphone at a concert. But that was because with the impact my body folded and my head was right beside my knee #defyfayetteville

15. My adrenaline is going, I feel okay, I check my arms. I'm telling myself #defyfayetteville

16. I check my right leg. We good. I try to pick up my left leg and it just flopped down like a wet noodle #defyfayetteville

17. I'm looking at my leg like #defyfayetteville

18. This the same knee I broke playing football #defyfayetteville

19. I'm still blown at how messed up my leg is I just lay there for a few seconds #defyfayetteville

20. To give context to the setting it's like 2 o'clock on a weekday. So kids in school. There's like 5 other people in this whole building. Music is playing thru the speakers and NOBODY is near me. I'm sitting on the trampoline for like 5 minutes going #defyfayetteville

21. In my head I'm like #defyfayetteville

22. So eventually cookie and her cousin hear me yelling. They get to me. Cookie looks at my leg and goes #defyfayetteville

23. Her cousin see my leg and goes #defyfayetteville

24. They go get my phone and an employee. She see my leg, starts hyperventilating and screaming like #defyfayetteville

25. It really didn't hurt that bad. It was this intense burning and tingling going thru my leg. I'm looking at them like #defyfayetteville

26. The girl goes and gets the manager. He's says "hey there buddy. Everything's gonna be okay. There's no need to worry" I'm like #defyfayetteville

27. Then he asks me "so you gotta favorite football team?" I looked at him like #defyfayetteville

28. I go " I know you're trying to keep my mind off it but that's not gonna change my leg being broken" in my mind I'm like #defyfayetteville

29. #defyfayetteville I take out my phone. I call my dad
"hey I'm just letting you know I broke my leg and I'm about to go to the hospital"
"I'm out of town so-

30. The manager gets off the phone and says "the ambulance will be here in about 10 minutes" I'm like "who's paying for this ambulance?" #defyfayetteville

31. I'm legit broke. I text both my bosses #defyfayetteville

32. Finally the ambulance gets there and the EMTs attempt to get me off the trampoline. But when they step on the trampoline I bounced. I'm like #defyfayetteville

33. I put my good leg under my bad one and slid myself across the trampoline and onto the stretcher. #defyfayetteville

34. As they wheeling me out there's this Van of kids and I'm looking at them like #defyfayetteville

35. I'm thinking they load me in and we zoom off. NOPE. That's apparently only in movies cause we sat there for like 15 minutes. Whole time I'm like #defyfayetteville

36. The EMT that was back there with me was trying to start my IV. I told him it's easier on my left arm. But he refused to listen to me. I'm looking like #defyfayetteville

37. After about 5 misses he finally gets a vein #defyfayetteville

38. Now we get to the hospital and the pain medication they gave me is starting to wear off but I still feel good "Aye nurse. Flic me up real quick" peep the time #defyfayetteville

39. The black hand is my knee cap. The yellow hands is where it should be. The white hand is the swelling from everything being torn #defyfayetteville

40. I could tell my injury was more serious than I thought. All the times I've been to the ER I've never had this many nurses gather around. I'm sitting there like #defyfayetteville

41. A Dr comes in and says "Hey Mr Taylor. Sorry to meet under these circumstances but you've severely dislocated your knee. From the looks you've torn your ACL, MCL, LCL, and completely destroyed your PCL. #defyfayetteville

42. Another doctor comes in and says "We're gonna have to amputate your foot" my whole mood switch #defyfayetteville

43. "You've severed the artery that carries blood flow to your foot. Right now your foot is dying because it's not getting any blood" I wiggle my toes. I'm like #defyfayetteville

44. I'm like there's gotta be sumn you can do. "We might be able to save it but there's a real possibility you can lose your foot. We'll do an ultrasound to see if we can hear any blood pumping" my face like #defyfayetteville

45. So they get the machine and the start rubbing it in my foot. There's like 10 people in the room but it's dead quiet. We all tryna hear the slightest noise come from the machine. I'm in there like #defyfayetteville

46. The nurses in there like #defyfayetteville

47. We hear the smallest blip from the machine and the doctor's face looked like I was about to lose my foot. I'm looking at my foot mentally preparing for amputation like #defyfayetteville

48. Dr says "We're gonna hurry up and get you into OR but before that we have to put your knee back into place." I look at my knee like #defyfayetteville

49. So 2 male nurses come in. 1 is holding my upper thigh near my knee. The other is holding my lower leg. He says this is gonna be real quick. MY PAIN MEDS HAVE WORN OFF COMPLETELY. I'm looking like #defyfayetteville

50. They one holding my lower leg does this quick push twist motion and I feel my knee go back into the socket. But my knee is so severely dislocated it falls back out. I was like #defyfayetteville

51. 2nd time they do it the pain is worse. And it falls right back out. My face was #defyfayetteville

52. 3rd time they do it the pain tripples. You guessed it. It falls back out. At this point I'm like #defyfayetteville

53. 4th time they do it I almost cried. I put my hand on my knee and turn over so it can't fall back out and they put a splint on it #defyfayetteville