Ouch

Today we went over to Coquitlam to watch Kyle play a game of football against the Coquitlam Chargers. We drove and Kyle went on a bus with his team. They have an hour of warm up before the game and we were early so we went across the Lougheed Highway to the Ikea store.

Let me tell you, if we had more than twenty minutes to look around before the game started, we really could have done some damage. Enough said. What a huge store!

Back to the game we went and our boys put up a good fight. They did not win but they are playing more like a team and are improving with every game.

We got quite a jolt though at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Kyle was running around, trying to get to the ball on a kick return. Someone on the other team clothes-lined him and he went down like a load of bricks. Everyone in the crowd groaned at the sight and the sound of the hit. Luckily Kyle was unconscious so he didn't feel a thing.

I had to stop myself from running out onto the field and so did Susan. It was so hard to watch. He got up much too quickly for that kind of hit but he is okay. Now he just has a big scrape on his cheek and a headache.

Another Sunday of football under our belt. A little more experienced to deal with the game, both from the players point of view and from the parents. It is a rough sport and sometimes kids get hurt. I'm just glad that Kyle is fine now. In a week he will be ready to go out and play again and we will be on the sidelines, cheering him on.