I get home from soccer and I am about to have a nap before heading out last night, and I get a call from Josh, a friend of mine that I went to school with, that is also on my brother, Iain’s, soccer team. I start the call with “Josh! How are you man? Haven’t heard from you in a while, what’s been happening?” to which I get a “uhh… you’re brother’s actually just broken his leg at soccer, we’re trying to call an ambulance now…”

I told my Dad, but there wasn’t really anything we could do except wait until the ambulance arrived, and see where they were taking him. Dad then drove me out to Stockton, where they had obviously played, where Josh was waiting for me to give me Iain’s stuff and his car keys for me to drive his car home. We arrived not long after the ambulance left, seeing it going the opposite way.

It turns out, what happened, was Iain and an opposing player both went in hard for the ball and clashed legs, Iain coming out for the worse. The opposing player was very apologetic, and apparently was in shock over what had happened. Rumours that Iain’s shin-pad had snapped were debunked, even though that would have been an amazing addition to the story.

I managed to drive Iain’s car home without issue, even though it had been a while since I last drove a manual. When visiting him later in hospital (RNC Room 26, Urology and Rheumatology Ward), I find that he has posted some pictures on Wotev.com detailing his experience. You can also find a couple of these pictures below.

Iain’s Right Leg X-Ray Pre-Op

Iain’s Right Leg X-Ray Post-Op