Thursday, July 1, 1993

July 1, 1993: Paul Patterson's Injury

The neighborhood kids used to always come to my house to hang out, as I always found fun activities to do like golf, riding bikes, getting ice cream, etc.     You could also call me the Big Kid on the Block.   
With permission from the parents, I took Jeff, Jason (neighbors of Matthews), Matthew, and Paul to D&B Golf Range in Fruitport to practice our golf swings.     Paul could hit golf balls 150 yards.    He was 12 yrs old on April 6th.   He accidentally stood behind Jason who was going to swing the golf club to hit the ball.    Paul ended up getting hit on the left side of his head with the club.   He fell to the ground and blood came oozing out in buckets out of his head. I raced to get help.  The ambulance was called.
I called Mrs. Patterson to let her know what happened. I was so scared to call her.    

He ended up being ok.   He kept worrying about the blood ruining his baseball hat he liked.   He had 2 staples put in his head.    He even played his championship baseball game later that day and won.