Today at soccer practice the worst thing happened. My friend Mark was running in on the goalie and ran into him. He never got off the ground and we just thought he got the wind knocked out of him so coach let him lay on the ground behind the goal. But he never really got up and eventually he began throwing up so one my team mates took him home and then to the doctor. Well turns out his splein had ruptured. He went into surgery and is out and doing well...or as well as you can do when you just had major surgery. Just about the whole team was there and we went in and he was soo white. Every now and then he would come too and would start complaining about the pain and then drift off. Very hard to watch. He weighs about 125 and he just looks half-dead but he's a fighter. Anyways he should be out of the hospital in 5 days and back at school in 2 weeks. This has been a looooong day. Oh and as far as bikes go, I almost got hit by a truck...whats new . Keep him in your prayers even though he isn't a cyclist he is a "person". Thanks.