What NOT to take to a sports event

You know those lists that you can get of what you need for certain occasions?  Schools hand them out at the beginning of the year so you know what supplies your second grader or seventh grader will need for school.
You can find a list to tell you what to pack in your hospital bag when you are getting ready to have a baby and for when you are headed for an island vacation.

I would like to start a list of "what not to take" to sports events when you wear implants.

Do not take your bag with your backup implant and rechargeable battery.  Even if one of your implants is having an issue.

Why?  Because you can get to the game, get involved, realize that your implant is doing just fine, and then in the excitement of the moment forget about your spare parts bag worth thousands of dollars and just leave for home with out it.

Having a child with devices on their person every where they go worth thousands of dollars has upped the level of excitement in our lives at certain moments.

Like when Chance totally violated the" what not to take" to a sports event list.

BYU won, and Chance was very excited.  That is probably why he did not realize (or remember to make sure) that his bag with his back up implant and battery had fallen out of the pocket of his sweatshirt, and was still in the basketball arena, until he was home and getting ready for bed.

Chance's dad called Brigham Young University and told them of the dilemma (knowing that the cleaning crew was likely still cleaning up the arena).  They were wrapping up and about to leave, but the man on the other end of the phone indicated that they had found the devices, and highly suggested that something of such value not be left overnight in the lost and found, and said that he would wait, if Chance's dad could return within a half hour.

I don't think you can hawk implants on the black market, but still, who knows what could happen to them if they stayed in the stadium overnight.

So Chance's dad got back in the car and headed back to BYU as the polite man on the phone said they would wait for him if he hurried. On the way he had the opportunity of being pulled over by a nice policeman for having a broken headlight.

It was a nice policeman because when it was explained to him that Chance's dad had to get to the arena to get a medical device worth thousands of dollars before the maintenance crew left, he sent the car on its way with a warning instead of a ticket.

Thank you nice policeman!(We fixed the headlight just like you told us to:)

Thank you cleaning crew member for waiting for us to return!

The world really is full of great people.  We'll have to pass on the love when we get the opportunity.

In the meantime,  Chance should read the "what not to take" list before he goes to the next game.