Lagoon and a Concussion

Alright. I have nothing to talk about. So I am going to tell a story because I find it hilarious.

About two years ago in October, my family and I were at the amusement park that we all know and love as Lagoon and it was Frightmares time. Frightmares sucks, by the way. It's absolutely retarded and pointless. Well anyway, when you walk into Lagoon, there is huge and beautiful fountain that you can run through. It has the holes in the ground that allows the water to shoot up and usually it comes out in different patterns. The kids love it and teenagers are stuid in it.

On this particular trip to Lagoon, my family had allowed my brother and me to bring friends. So naturally, I brought my boyfriend. Since it was October, it was rather chilly and getting almost to the point where, at 5:30 in the evening, it was getting kind of uncomfortable. Because of this, my family decided to leave. As we were walking out, we passed the fountain.

At this time, all the water was coming from the outside and shooting inward, creating almost a solid column of water in the middle. It looked like it was freezing. So I turned to Derek, my boyfriend, and I said, "I'll give you ten bucks if you run through that water."

He looked at me suspiciously and asked, "Seriously?"

So I said, "Sure." So he grinned and faced the freezing cold water. He started counting down, three, two...

Just before he said "one," I noticed something. On the other side, another stupid idiot teenage boy was getting ready to do the exact same thing. But just before I could stop Derek, he took off. The rest happened it slow motion, for which I am grateful for.

The kid on the other side took off at the exact same time. You don't have to be a genius to see where this is going. Derek got to the water at the exact same time the other boy did. It was a head on collision. Derek bounced backward and landed on his back, hitting his head on the concrete. Of course, I didn't see that part because at this point, I was laughing so hard I couldn't see straight. Awful, I know.

Derek comes limping back to me, holding his head and the first thing he says to me is, "Man that water is like a brick wall." That, of course, made me laugh harder, having realized he didn't even know what happened.

Finally I managed to gasp out what happened. He didn't find it as amusing as I did. His head was pounding and he couldn't see out of one eye. That sobered me right up.

On the drive home, he passed out for about a minute. That was all, but I knew something was wrong. We got home and he was shaking super hard and was complaining about how badly his head hurt. My mom and I didn't know what to do so finally, we decided we needed to take him to the ER.

We spent 4 hours in that emergency room. Every few minutes, Derek would ask me what happened and why were there. Half the things he was saying didn't even make sense, so I was really starting to get worried.

Finally we saw a doctor and he got a CT scan. It turns out he had a mild concussion and should be fine as long as his dad (who had shown up about two hours in) woke him up a few times through the night.

To this day, Derek still does not remember anything that happened after his collision until the next morning. I still think that was the best time at Lagoon ever. I mean, who gets a concussion at Lagoon? And what are the odds of two stupid teenagers crashing so hard into each other that one had to go to the ER? I actually found out later from a friend that happend to be there that day, that after we left, there was CAUTION tape around the fountain and an ambulance outside. So the other kid was worse off.

Anyway, that's my story for today. Sorry it was nothing special. Have a good day!