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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& #39;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& #39;t sue them. Even if I died my family couldn& #39;t sue them #defyfayetteville
7. We pay. Walk around a little. And decide to split up #defyfayetteville
8. I end up on this little obstacle course that& #39;s got hurdles but separated by trampolines. It looked like this but with a trampoline square on the other side #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& #39;m no small man, I& #39;m 6& #39;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& #39;m in the air looking back at the first and second hurdle like "I& #39;m breaking something. Idk what but I& #39;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
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
19. I& #39;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& #39;s like 2 o& #39;clock on a weekday. So kids in school. There& #39;s like 5 other people in this whole building. Music is playing thru the speakers and NOBODY is near me. I& #39;m sitting on the trampoline for like 5 minutes going #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& #39;t hurt that bad. It was this intense burning and tingling going thru my leg. I& #39;m looking at them like #defyfayetteville
26. The girl goes and gets the manager. He& #39;s says "hey there buddy. Everything& #39;s gonna be okay. There& #39;s no need to worry" I& #39;m like #defyfayetteville
28. I go " I know you& #39;re trying to keep my mind off it but that& #39;s not gonna change my leg being broken" in my mind I& #39;m like #defyfayetteville
29. #defyfayetteville I take out my phone. I call my dad
"hey I& #39;m just letting you know I broke my leg and I& #39;m about to go to the hospital"
"I& #39;m out of town so-
"hey I& #39;m just letting you know I broke my leg and I& #39;m about to go to the hospital"
"I& #39;m out of town so-
30. The manager gets off the phone and says "the ambulance will be here in about 10 minutes" I& #39;m like "who& #39;s paying for this ambulance?" #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& #39;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& #39;s this Van of kids and I& #39;m looking at them like #defyfayetteville
35. I& #39;m thinking they load me in and we zoom off. NOPE. That& #39;s apparently only in movies cause we sat there for like 15 minutes. Whole time I& #39;m like #defyfayetteville
36. The EMT that was back there with me was trying to start my IV. I told him it& #39;s easier on my left arm. But he refused to listen to me. I& #39;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& #39;ve been to the ER I& #39;ve never had this many nurses gather around. I& #39;m sitting there like #defyfayetteville
41. A Dr comes in and says "Hey Mr Taylor. Sorry to meet under these circumstances but you& #39;ve severely dislocated your knee. From the looks you& #39;ve torn your ACL, MCL, LCL, and completely destroyed your PCL. #defyfayetteville
42. Another doctor comes in and says "We& #39;re gonna have to amputate your foot" my whole mood switch #defyfayetteville
43. "You& #39;ve severed the artery that carries blood flow to your foot. Right now your foot is dying because it& #39;s not getting any blood" I wiggle my toes. I& #39;m like #defyfayetteville
44. I& #39;m like there& #39;s gotta be sumn you can do. "We might be able to save it but there& #39;s a real possibility you can lose your foot. We& #39;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& #39;s like 10 people in the room but it& #39;s dead quiet. We all tryna hear the slightest noise come from the machine. I& #39;m in there like #defyfayetteville
46. The nurses in there like #defyfayetteville
47. We hear the smallest blip from the machine and the doctor& #39;s face looked like I was about to lose my foot. I& #39;m looking at my foot mentally preparing for amputation like #defyfayetteville
48. Dr says "We& #39;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& #39;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& #39;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& #39;t fall back out and they put a splint on it #defyfayetteville
54. As I& #39;m being wheeled to surgery another Dr pops up and says " Hey I& #39;m Dr. Ku and I& #39;m here to save you" I look at him like #defyfayetteville
55. They throw a mask on me and I& #39;m counting back from 10. "10,9,8,sev ...." I& #39;m out #defyfayetteville
59. Fast forward I get the rods taken out
60. I crutched across stage #defyfayetteville
61. I just love this video @TyasiaDenise
62. Hella physical therapy
63. More physical therapy
64. More activity
65. Pushing myself
Kept pushing
Still pushing
