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More than seven months have passed since the initial hospital visit, but Noah Carter hasn’t forgotten the ominous scene.
His left thigh sat motionless, swollen beyond belief, as doctors announced emergency surgery was needed. Carter remembers the uncertainty, the doubt, the questioning that followed.
Basketball was supposed to unlock his future, not dismantle it.