About twenty days ago my younger son hurt his leg. He was playing football (soccer)* in the break. Not even it was a sprained ankle. It was an insignificant fissure in his fibula. As he had a prominent swelling the orthopaedic surgeon put him a plaster splint, which my son had to wear about a fortnight. Can you imagine a child of seven years on crutches, up and down the stairs at school?. The first view I had was my son rolling across the stairs. Formerly, in Spain, medical centers provided crutches or wheelchairs to the patients. Today, only do it mutual medical companies of work ¿?. Well, I looked for information and, finally my son had a wheelchair for two euros a day. To my son it was an interesting and complicated experience. Sometimes funny and other boring. To my legs, it was a torture. The School is too close to home as to take my car (I had to do it twice because the rain) and the path to the school is full of very steep slopes.
football / soccer. Curiously, in Spain to say football, we use "fútbol" or "balonpié" because is a sport where you play with a ball with your feet.
About twenty days ago my younger son hurt his leg. He was playing football (soccer)* DURING the break. It was NOT EVEN a sprained ankle. It was an insignificant fissure in his fibula. As he had a prominent swelling the orthopaedic surgeon put him IN a plaster CAST, which my son had to wear about a fortnight. Can you imagine a child of seven years(1) on crutches, up and down the stairs at school?. The first IMAGE I had was OF my son TUMBLING DOWN the stairs, CRUTCHES AND ALL(3). Formerly, in Spain, medical centers provided crutches or wheelchairs to the patients. Today, only mutual medical companies of work DO SO. Well, I looked for information(2) and, finally, my son had a wheelchair for two euros a day. FOR my son it was an interesting and complicated experience. Sometimes funny and other TIMES boring. FOR my legs, it was a torture. The school is too close to home [] to take my car (BUT I had to do it twice because OF the rain) and the path to the school is full of very steep slopes.
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Good job. I would have a tough time writing that in Spanish. Here are some alternate ways to say a couple of things:
(1) a seven-year-old
(2) did some research
(3) "crutches and all" just adds to the image.
Thanks, Matt. I have to learn to use "did". I usually avoid the auxiliaries. I prefer the verb in past. I think it is something wrong that I must correct.
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