Thomas

I am 13 years old and was working in the garden with my brother this summer. We had the job of raking up the apples that had been lying in the grass for too long. Of course, we had a lot of fun with the job, which unfortunately ended very quickly. Because when I pulled too hard on the rake and didn't watch my feet, one of the prongs landed right in my heel.

I went down on my knees. My mother, who was working about 40 meters away, noticed straight away and came towards me. She took a quick look at what had happened and ran into the house. She came back straight away with the Bright plate and a towel. She placed my injured leg on the towel, which was lying on the Bright plate. It was amazing because when I put my foot on the towel, the pain stopped. The bleeding was also slower than before.

We went into the house a little later, where I put my foot on the slab for even longer. A plaster was applied overnight to the wound, which was already a centimeter deep. When we removed the plaster the next day, new skin had already formed. I had hardly any pain and a week later I slipped into my tight riding boots and took a pain-free riding lesson.