Just recently I got a concussion in hockey. I was hit from behind against the boards, the kind of funny thing is the kid who hit me was the cousin of a kid on my team. The kid who hit me was huge, he was like 6′ 3″. It was like an awful birthday gift because it actually was on my birthday! I had to stay in the hospital for over three hours because the nurses had so many other people to get to before me.
We were in East Haven the day of the incident. It was a normal day like any other day would start. The game started and I was on my first shift, I actually did pretty good in that first shift. The second shift I was turning around going into my zone to the puck, skating my heart out, I knew I was going to get hit because I saw the kid coming at me. He was really fast so as soon as I was in the zone, I was going towards the puck, I got the puck. The next thing I remember was the coaches waking me up, asking me if I was okay. I had to get off the ice, go to the locker room take my equipment off as quick as possible so I could get to the ER. At the emergency room the nurse told me to do some tests to see if I could do some certain things. I could do all the tests but the thing was I was nauseous, light-headed and very dizzy. I had to stay there for like 3 hours because they were observing me seeing how I would do. I had to leave the hospital, because I had a birthday party to get to for me.
The result of the concussion was missing school for 2 1/2 days and not being able to bike, play hockey or even longboard. This time was miserable because of that. This experience will remind me to be very cautious when going into the corner, always look where you’re going and be careful. From this experience I will always wear a helmet no matter what activity I’m doing.
~Chris Horowitz