Luke's bike

This is how it all happened, we were going home and to say goodbye to the Boises'. I decided to ride Luke's little scooter bike down the driveway that is gravel. When I had gotten down I tried to stop myself before the metal gate. I turned the wheel sideways and I fell off. My knee didn't hurt much, but it stung a little, so I looked at it. At first I thought it was a dirt smudge so I kept walking then it hurt pretty bad. I looked at it again and it was a bad cut it was pretty deep and wide. I went up the hill and showed dad. He said it was in a strange place so it might need stitches. We got some cotton and put it on it. We got into the car and drove home. Mom looked at it and said it needed stitches. We went to the emergency wing and checked in. We waited for a long time then they called me in. Dad and I waited for even longer. Finally someone came in and put numbing shots around it. Next, a cleaner came in and said that she would spray water on it. I read the label and it said sodium chloride (saltwater). She asked me if I knew what it meant. I said yes because my Ms. Fout rarely uses the word "salt".  She always says sodium. She asked me were I went to school and I told her St. Gilbert school in Grayslake, IL. She asked me because she wanted to sent her kids there. After that she sprayed saltwater on it when she was done cleaning, another, person came in. He looked at it and said it was ready to get stitched. I was all the way numb by then so he began. I asked after a long pause when he would start and dad said he was done with the first stitch! After he finished he went out and a Junior Paramedic came in he asked me a few questions then left. We got checked one more time then went home. I got right to sleep.

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