TODAY. THINK AOUT IT. IT’S JUST CRAZY HOW LIFE CHANGING IT WAS. WHETHER IT’S PRACTICE OR GAME. FOOTBALL PLAYERS KNOW ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN ON ANY GIVEN PLAY. SO I RUN THE SLANT, WHICH IS JUST TWO STEPS FORWARD, AND THEN YOU CUT ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND MY QUARTERBACK THREW ME THE BALL PROBABLY RIGHT ABOUT HERE, AND I JUMPED UP LIKE THIS. RILEY BERGEN WAS JUST STARTING HIS SENIOR SEASON AT BELLA VISTA HIGH SCHOOL IN FAIR OAKS, WAS A FULLY EXTENDED, SO MY RIBS WERE RAISED AND HE JUST GOT RIGHT UNDER AND CLIPPED THE BOTTOM OF MY SPLEEN, AND I WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. WE HAD THOUGHT IT WAS A CONCUSSION AND A HEAD INJURY. RYLAN WAS SENT HOME A COUPLE HOURS LATER. HE FIND HIMSELF ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEY CHECKED OUT MY WHOLE BODY. HE TOLD ME THAT I HAD INTERNAL BLEEDING AND THAT MY MY SPLEEN HAD BEEN RIPPED IN HALF LIKE IT WAS HANGING TOGETHER BY LIKE JUST A COUPLE LITTLE THREADS AND THAT I WAS INTERNALLY BLEEDING AND I HAD LOST TWO LITERS OF BLOOD INTO MY ABDOMEN. THEY SAID THAT I HAD LIKE 30 MINUTES AT LEAST, LIKE 30 MINUTES AT THE MOST LEFT TO LIVE. IF I HADN’T GONE TO THE HOSPITAL. EMERGENCY ROOM STAFF QUICKLY STARTED PUMPING RYLAN WITH NEW BLOOD. THAT WAS THE FIRST THING THEY DID. PUT TWO BAGS OF BLOOD INTO HIM, YOU KNOW THE COLOR CAME BACK. RYLAN WENT THROUGH TWO SURGERIES AND SPENT NEARLY A WEEK IN INTENSIVE CARE. HE AND HIS FAMILY GIVE CREDIT TO THE BLOOD. IT SAVES LIVES EVERY DAY AND IT SAVED MY LIFE. I WOULDN’T BE HERE IF I DIDN’T GET BLOOD. IF SOME PERSON DIDN’T DONATE THEIR BLOOD, I WOULDN’T BE HERE AND NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE DO IT. THAT BLOOD WASN’T THERE ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, WE PROBABLY WOULD BE DOING A DIFFERENT STORY NOW. RYLAN’S FOOTBALL CAREER ENDED HIS LIFE, THOUGH. TOOK A NEW PATH. CRAZY BEING ON THE FIELD AND JUST WALKING THROUGH THE ROOTS. CRAZY. ONE OF GIVING THANKS TO THOSE WHO GAVE HIS GIFT OF LIFE. SO THANKFUL THAT LIKE THE BLOOD SAVED MY LIFE. I’M THANKFUL THAT IT WASN’T ANYTHING MORE SERIOUS. I’M THANKFUL THAT I GET TO BE HERE EVERY DAY AND FAIR OAKS JASON MARKS KCRA 3 NEWS. AS JASON MENTIONED, RYLAND WAS NOT ABLE TO PLAY FOOTBALL AGAIN, BUT HE DID END UP PLAYING LACROSSE HIS SENIOR YEAR. HE’S NOW IN COLLEGE. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY. GLAD HE’S STILL WITH US. IF YOU’D LIKE TO DONATE BLOOD, OUR BLOOD DRIVE RUNS FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. YOU’RE ENCOURAGED TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT ONLINE THAT MAKES THEM. IT MAKES IT EASY FOR THEM TO TO PLAN HOW MANY PEOPLE TO EXPECT. YOU CAN DO THAT BY SCANNING THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN. YOU CAN ALSO WALK IN DAY OF. THAT’S OKAY TOO. THERE ARE TWO LOCATIONS, ONE AT SIERRA COLLEGE IN ROCKLIN AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE DOWNTOWN SACRAMENTO YMCA. WE HAVE A LIST OF HOURS A