I talked to my parents last night and told them all about Michael’s accident. Then we talked about how freaky my accident was compared to what Michael went through yesterday — the similarities are kind of incredible.
When I was 11 or 12, I had a similar accident to Michael. Most people don’t know, but I have a false tooth in the front — it came out through my lip when I crashed. For many years I had a mustache, which hid the scar, but over the past few years the scar has almost disappeared.
Here are a few of the similarities:
Jim: Riding down a hill a few hours before my soccer game and lost control of my bike.
Michael: Riding down a hill a few hours before his soccer game and lost control of his bike.
Jim: Went over my handlebars and knocked out my front tooth.
Michael: Went over (or sideways, we don’t really know) his handlebars and knocked out the same front tooth.
Jim: Two strangers (a young man and woman) stopped and took me home.
Michael: Two strangers (a young man and woman) stopped and took him home.
Jim: When I got home, my father said I just stood in the driveway bleeding. When I approached him, I stuck my finger through my lip where the tooth came out. I don’t remember most of that.
Michael: He got out of the car and just stared at us bleeding, not really knowing what to do.
Jim: My parents got the tooth (I’m not sure if they went back or if the people that brought me home picked it up).
Michael: I went back to the accident scene and picked up the tooth off the road.
Jim: My parents took me to see Dr. Christie to have my tooth put back in my mouth. We then went to the hospital.
Michael: We took Michael to see Dr. Christie (yep same guy) and he sent us to the hospital.
The next day, Michael and I both looked about the same. I feel so bad for him.
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