Second Overtime | JENSOO & CHAELISA

Chapter VI

Jisoo was sitting on the hospital bed, looking outside of the window. She was contemplating her fate, how did it turn out like this?

Flashback

After her accident, Coach Minzy had an ambulance called and had her immediately sent to Seoul General to have her leg checked. It was obvious that Jisoo's knee was injured, it was red and swollen and her coach did not want to take any chances. Thankfully, she knew an orthopedic surgeon there, and called upon him right away so he could be the one to do a full check-up on Jisoo.

Minzy also contacted her parents, and her dad had said he will be on his way together with her sister, Irene. When they got there, Dr. Daesung Kang was almost done doing some basic checks on her knee. He faced her father and told him that they would need to do an X-Ray to assess the damage.

Irene had hugged her sister and asked her how she was doing. Jisoo had told her that she felt a lot of pain, but she didn't tell her how worried she was about what this could mean. She was silently praying it wasn't too serious. Her dad was mostly talking to her doctor, and had checked on her afterwards. She told him the same thing she told Irene.

As soon as the X-Ray was done and the results were out, Irene held Jisoo's hand as they listened to his diagnosis. The doctor stood in front of them, his expression giving nothing away. 

Finally, he breathed out and told them what he found. According to him, Jisoo had sustained a torn ACL, which the doctor explained was a common injury, especially for athletes playing contact sports. He told them the cause of it was when Jisoo had twisted her knee, and it worsened when the player from the opposing team fell on it.

"I'm sorry Doc, but I just wanted to know if this can affect my sister's future as a basketball player?" Irene asked directly.

"Well, I can't really say yet. Unfortunately, Jisoo would need to undergo surgery in order for her to fully recover and play again. But this will take time, and I'm sorry to let you know that you will be unable to play for the rest of the season until your knee gets better."

Jisoo's face went pale, this was the worst news that she had received thus far. She could take her grandmother insulting her, her parents neglecting her, all of it she'd take, but not this. Not when even the doctor sounded unsure about her future.

"What do we need to do Doc in order for that to happen?" her father asked.

"Jisoo needs some time to recover her knee before the surgery, I would say around three months. During that time, she needs to go into physical therapy in order to strengthen it in time for the operation. Once the surgery is done, she needs to heal and do more rehab so she can get it back to how it had worked before. This also depends on the severity, and can take between six months to a year. By then, we'll know if she would be fit to play basketball again."

"Is there anything that can be done to raise the success rate of her recovery?" 

"She just needs to follow instructions. During the time she is prepping for surgery, she has to rest and take care of her knee so it's healing will be smooth and won't be hindered further. I also need to do an MRI so we can further check on it's status." her doctor told them. 

Irene sighed, "Jisoo is as stubborn as a mule. Dad, let me transfer to YG High, she needs someone to take care of her." Irene tells her dad. Jisoo was too numb to say anything. Her brain was still trying to process everything.

"I can't let you do that Irene, you are already in the middle of exams, and you are about to graduate! Besides, Taeyeon can take care of Jisoo."

"No she can't dad, you know that! Aunt Taeyeon is busy with work, and she has to help take care of grandma. You can't possibly let her handle Jisoo alone!" Irene huffed.