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And plus, I didn't know the bleed could have kept going and he could have died right there in front of me and nothing I could have done about it.
About 10 minutes in, an emergency room doctor from Harbor General came up and it was extremely helpful.
He just was one of the parents in the stands and came running over.
But it took him 10 minutes to get there.
Well, nobody really realized what was going on, and I couldn't take my attention off the kid.
And people were kind of running around like crazy, obviously not notifying the right people or doing the right stuff.
And got him, and he and I together worked on him.
He was very, very helpful.
And he was able to arrange a neurosurgeon at the Harbor General to be waiting for this kid, and we got him over there.
And this guy, Dr. Lewis, really deserves the kudos for this experience.
I mean, he's amazing.
the reason this kid got rapid care at the harbor.
They were going to take him to a different hospital.
It would have been horrible had he not been there.
The wrong hit.
The wrong hit.
And interestingly, you know, I always tell my kids, you know, I don't want them getting a head injury, so I'm always at them, you know, use your shoulder, keep your head out, keep your head up.
And I do a lot of that with them.
And Douglas, one of my sons, had actually taken this kid aside a couple of times and said, you know, you shouldn't use your head like this.
My dad always talks to me about getting head injuries and you're going to get hurt.