Tears rushed to Sienna Pita’s eyes the moment she saw NaVorro Bowman enter the room.
The San Francisco 49ers linebacker couldn’t have timed his visit any better. Despair had begun to slowly dim Sienna’s dream-filled outlook for the future. The vibrant 19-year-old girl from Santa Maria, Calif., had to put a life of BMX racing on hold, and her diligent preparations for January’s national BMX race opener in Las Vegas were now meaningless.
Instead, Sienna laid bedridden, trapped for 10 days inside the confines of room No. 3113 at Regional Medical Center San Jose. Meds dulled the pain of her surgically-repaired leg, hip and vertebrae.