An Injury

"You've experienced a severe muscular contusion to the quadriceps at the front of your thigh," Zachary heard the middle-aged radiologist announce with a slight Russian accent. "We've also discovered a moderate contusion to the bone beneath the damaged tissue. However, the good news is that there's no fracture or torn muscle in your thigh. So, your injury will heal pretty quickly as long as you avoid strenuous activities, get proper rest, and take other necessary recovery measures."

Zachary let out a pent-up breath of air after hearing the diagnosis. For the previous thirty minutes, he'd been lying on one of the comfy recliner chairs in an imaging lab at the Minsk Regional Clinical Hospital, anxiously awaiting the radiologist's verdict.