Spring Woods High School - Safari Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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r 1 Y..-.- Lf ci 'TT N if . Q Mwgfv we 4 .W 1 . . fifzi 'Lf' ff' - obbling on cruTches or wearing a casT may have seemed glamorous, Tun and oTTen enviable, buT Tor The unTorTunaTe who had To Tace crowded halls, weT 1 pavemenT, and sTeep sTairs on cruTches iT became a real hassle. . MosT oT The ordinary daily Tasks became diTTiculT when' Temporarily handicapped. l couldn'T do anyThin buT siT home. said senior elim ReiTT who Tound himselT s orTin cruTches Twice cE1ringTooTball season - because oT a Torn carTilage in his knee and again a sprained ankle. Because oT his sprained ankle, senior Vince Grbic couldn'T drive and ThereTore had To double wiTha ' Triendu Tor The Homecoming game and dance. How To sleep comTorTably was one obsTacle ThaT sTudenTs learned To deal wiTh while donning a casT. You were so Tired, and drained Trom baTTling cruTches and people all day long, you almosT died when ou hil The bed, sophomore Tferonica Koblein said aTTer being iniured in skaTing accidenT. l had To sTuTT pillows under my leg and sleep on my back so long ThaT now l WiTh his arm in a sling sophomore Bryan Peska Trudges Through Typing l. Peskais arm was separaTed Trorn his shoulder during a pracTice TooT- ball game. Unable To play clue To an iniury he suTTered in The Memorial game, jun- ior Glenn Graham, TighT end, looks on as The deTense discusses iTs nexT play. l iusT caughT a pass, l cuT To The side, when l did, The asTroTurT or my shoe sTuck which made my knee buckle and l Tell, he said. can'T sleep in anoTher osiTion,' said sophomore Eanae Lee who was Torced To endure cruTches Tor six weeks wiTh a broken leg she suTTered in a car wreck. The weT l-lousTon weaTher was oT no assisTance To The already injured. IT was hard To geT To class on Time. Thank God l had undersTanding Teachers, especially TirsT period, said iunior Kelli GarreTT, whose knee was swollen Trom an unknown cause. Mornings were really lgard, kiweing weT and humid. veryT ing was s ippery, iunior Glenn Graham said. The ramp goT so slippery and weT iT was oTTen hard To geT up and down, buT sTairs were decisively The hardesT To manipulaTe while handicapped. l had To have my schedule rearranged To avoid sTairs, said senior John Fahy, who was in'ured in a TooTball game. l2veryone was coming aT you, he explained. l-landicaps