Ouch..

So I'm watching teevee and I see theres a car chase on. I love car chases, they are after all, the official sport of southern california. So, there I am enjoying my sports when I notice that the chase has just turned south on the 405, heading in my general direction! I keep watching and realize, they're going to go down the freeway a block from my house in 10 minutes if nothing changes!

I grab my shit and take off for the over pass, I get set up and about 1 minute later, I can see the chopper, then BAM, the chase passes under me! Check out the video here:



Here's where the ouch comes in..

So BAM, the chase goes under me, camera in hand I turn to run across the over pass to shoot it going away from me. I look to the left and see a car coming but decide I can get across before it hits me. I take ONE step off the curb when I feel POP in the back of my calf! A huge pop. Instantly I was debilitated, I couldn't put any weight on my right leg without massive pain. I looked up and the car was bearing down on me, the driver had a horrified look on his face so I made a quick choice to keep running across the street. I'm dedicated to photography! I missed the chase on the other side and had to limp/hobble back to the car.

At this point my leg was swollen to twice the size of the other one, it was hot to the touch and hurt like shit. Having no insurance I was scared shitless, I was afraid that if this was a bad tear, and it FELT bad, the pop was sickening, that I would never walk right again. I LIKE WALKING!

Over the next few days I alternated heat and cold, the swelling decreased some, within a week, the pain was gone and I was barely limping. Good news that. Thats about the same time I noticed that my leg had filled with blood, everything from the knee down was one giant bruise.




Both of those pictures are about a week and a half after the injury.