I am a person who thinks we should look on the upside of things. I don't post the negative, the dirty laundry, I don't post things that might bring up personal battles, there are better places for that, rather I choose to share the fun, the good news as I am a happy person who tends to look at the upside of things. Yes, I have my horrible times like everyone else, I have openly admitted to crying over the past few months and I don't cry. However, I could not let this one go by without saying something.
I just read an article regarding a kid who got hit by a foul ball in the dug out. He suffered a skull fracture and brain swelling. I hurt for this kid and their family as he also had to spend time in the hospital and not only had to learn how to walk again but also how to talk. This kid has seizures and that is horrible. I have said time and time again how lucky we are that Alex did not suffer more damage, that he is walking again and will continue to improve more than we imagined. I am not lessening in anyway the pain that this family is feeling. Every time I see a kid get hit it now hurts me and I have a very irrational reaction of fear and panic. This is just my new normal until I get over it. And to be honest, I might not get over it and that is just life. Judge me if you must, but that's part of my normal and I don't push it anyone.
However, this is where my opinion, my understanding of their situation differs and ends. This family sued the school and won. They won $1M from suing the school because their son got hit by a foul ball during the game. They would have won more but he was found 30% at-fault for not being more aware of his surroundings. Only 30%? Having just gone through something very similar with Alex, I can honestly say never once did the thought occur to us to sue regarding what happened to him on the baseball field. My first question to Alex was 'Why didn't you catch the ball?' When you are on a field, a court, a pitch, whatever, you know the dangers and know that accidents can happen. Your head should be on a swivel all the time. Don't start with the 'this boy has longer term effects at this time', I read that and feel for him and for the family. What happened to this kid is horrible, and it does sound like he had more damage mentally than Alex, but should the family have won a law suit over it? No! In fact, there never should have been one at all! Our society is so quick to blame others for what is wrong in their lives, for the accidents, what are we teaching our kids?
No one was at fault for what just happened on April 20th, as Alex said 'Dude, it was a 1 in a million chance. Move on and win the game.' In life, bad things happen and sometimes there is fault to be given and sometimes it is just life. The point of this rant, which I will probably take down at some point as I choose to focus on the positive of life but I had to get this out, is don't let bad things change who you are. Keep moving forward and find the good things to celebrate, like the fact that the kiddo not only walks, he drives less than 3 months from being paralyzed from the knee down - we do everyday and are so blessed to have all of you to celebrate every little thing with us. Now go, win your game.
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