Can I sue my P.E teacher for possibly being the reason i passed out and woke up 4 hours later?
I’m going to be 16 this year.
Location: California.
btw this is my first time writing on Reddit so idk how i’m supposed to format this. I literally only found out about reddit because of smosh read reddit videos, so i kinda wrote this the same way i write abt my dream in my notes app. just bear with me, this is kinda a long one
I have REALLY bad period cramps. Like genuinely horrible. Imagine if someone fed your organs through a wood chipper and then shoved them back into your body through your nose. That’s basically what days 1 and 2 are like for me lol.
Without medication i can literally pass out from the pain. I also have anemia, but according to doctors and nurses the passing out is usually from the pain itself. The nurses know me so well at this point they can identify me from the way i walk.
The thing is, I LOVE P.E.
I’m competitive, athletic, and one of the faster runners in my grade. Most of the credit goes to my long legs, i’m like 5’8”. Unfortunately my coach sees “fast runner” and assumes i’m basically an immortal demigod or some shit.
Today we had a surprise timed 2 mile run.
Normally i finish in around 10-12 minutes depending on how much i care, but today was Day 3 of my period and i forgot to take my meds. Usually by Day 3 things calm down enough for me to function like a semi-normal human, so earlier i thought i’d survive the day until i saw the STUPID board fucking taunting me
“timed twice mile :)”
And that STUPID ass smiley face too bro like tf was that.
Before class started i went up to my coach and said, word for word “hey coach i’m on my period, could i sit out this one?”
And he replied “Oh you’re my best runner. You can handle it.”
Then he literally WALKED AWAY.
At that point i was already regretting every life choice that led me to forgetting my meds, so i followed him and told him directly “I forgot to take my meds. If i run this i might faint. Do you really want that?”
And this man looked at me like I was the problem and said (plz read ts with an annoying high pitched voice) “I understand you’re on your period, but you still need to participate. I expected better from you”
Not only did he raise his voice at me, but he basically announced to the entire class that i was on my period. Might as well have grabbed a megaphone tf??
I kept arguing with him and he threatened to fail me for the day if i didn’t participate. I told him idgaf, then this GROWN ASS MAN said he’d punish the whole class score if i didn’t cooperate, so now i had like 40 people staring at me which got my ear red so I just sat down.
I kept trying to convince him while we walked to the track. I told him i could make it up another day and he straight up walked away again. At that point i honestly felt trapped, so i was like “whatever. I’ll survive this shit and at least i can skip my math test next period.”
Which honestly in hindsight was not my smartest financial investment lol.
The run started and almost immediately i could feel the cramps getting worse. Halfway through the first mile it felt like my internal organs were having a firework show or some shit.
I was running with the fastest guy in my class. We normally run together and he slows down for me sometimes. gentleman fr.
Anyways we were running up this small slope near a tree and then everything just stopped.
Passing out was NOT like the movies btw. There was no dizziness, no slow motion collapse, fuck i didn’t even get a dramatic last words moment. One second i was running and the next second i woke up in the ER.
Apparently i collapsed and hit my head on a tree root, and from what people told me i stayed unconscious long enough for an ambulance to get involved, which is actually insane as hell to think about.
The guy i was running with apparently sprinted over yelling for the coach, and from what i heard the coach didn’t even notice at first and basically JOGGED over instead of actually fucking running like how he’s SUPPOSED to do like tf?? I was literally laying there unconscious and this dude was acting like he was checking the mail or some shit. What if i had an actual serious head injury tf??
Also he (the guy not the coach) told me he stayed with me in the golf cart, staff use golf carts for transportation, and waited for the ambulance even while i was unconscious so like... is this some debby ryan type shi ifykyk.
If you’ve ever smelled expired hand sanitizer, that’s exactly what the ER smelled like. Thick air, weirdly heavy.
The second i opened my eyes i knew exactly where i was. Honestly movies do a terrible fucking job showing what this actually feels like. I thought if i ever woke up in a hospital i’d be confused or in shock or something, but no. It was so obvious i was in a hospital.
My first thought was literally “oh shit am i in here for my period??”
My aunt was there along with two of my friends and the runner guy all still wearing their uniforms. I was in a hospital gown and immediately felt embarrassed because obviously strangers had seen me unconscious and changed me.
One of my friends gasped so hard she practically stole my oxygen when she realized i was awake.
I asked how long i’d been out and she said OVER 4 HOURS
And i was immediately like “oh shit.”
the doctors said i likely passed out due to period pain and hit my head on either a tree root or the ground. she said i wasn’t fully unconscious the whole 4 hours but more like i was super drowsy, like i was acting drunk and was in and out of it, then i’d fall asleep for a bit, wake up confused, then go back to sleep yk.
they did scans on me when i first got there, luckily no internal bleeding (i thought thats where blood is supposed to be?), no broken bones either. i do have a bump on my head though, my right front tooth is chipped (like a third is gone so ive got a slight lisp), and to top it all off i sprained my ring finger.
My aunt was crying too hard to really explain everything and basically just told me we’d deal with the coach tomorrow after sleep and after some Sonic chili fries. ngl I’m still waiting for those fries, its been like
Now my whole grade knows about it, which means i’m probably gonna get harassed when i go back, and random people are adding me on Snapchat asking if i’m alive which honestly does NOT feel like a good sign.
My family is furious because this is NOT the first time i’ve passed out in P.E.
It’s happened around 3-4 times before. One time i was unconscious for over 8 minutes and they almost called an ambulance then too.
So now i genuinely wanna know:
what am i actually able to do legally here?? Like what are my rights?? We got a big ass hospital bill now, which yeah we can pay, but it’s still annoying af for my aunt yk?
Can i sue or something?? Report him?? Hold the school responsible somehow??
Idk i just wanna take this man to court.
reading this back i think i probably should’ve used Grammarly for this one. THANKS FOR READING MY TRAUMA NOW IM GONNA PASS OUT(to sleep ts time ofc)