Not so softball

It's been quite a while since I posted and I realised that I didn't share one of the 'highlights' of this year's softball season... my head injury and massive hit in the face! So here goes:

We were playing in southwest London and it took me nearly two hours to find the field, when I arrived the sun was beaming down and I think it's fairly safe to say that it was scorching (a word I do not use lightly when discussing London weather!) Believe it or not, it hadn't rained for a few days and the ground was quite dry and hard. We were up to bat first and made it a quick top of the inning with three outs in no time at all. I took to the field at third base while Rob pitched... the inning wasn't going well and there were runners on first and second, no outs. The third batter came up and hit a screamer directly at me, which I really wanted to catch! The ball took a very nasty bounce about three feet in front of me and nailed me directly in the face. I didn't think it was that bad until I saw all the blood... the face bleeds a lot! 

Needless to say I was escorted off the field, told I had all my teeth (phew!) and driven to the hospital with Rob constantly reassuring me I would be ok and reminding me what happened (I was a little confused at that point). Within no time, thanks the to the swift NHS, my top lip, which had split almost completely down the middle, had been glued together and I was given plenty of pain medication. The result wasn't pretty but the ugly was short-lived. I've been so impressed, it only took about 10 days for the lip to heal entirely! I cannot believe how well and how amazing the glue they used worked, medical technology impresses me so much! 

However my teeth were sore and wobbly for a while so I visited the dentist who reassured me that my teeth should be fine though it can take up to SIX months before anything can be entirely ruled out, so I'm waiting until December before I go back, my teeth have been feeling much better am I'm not too worried. I mention the dentist becuase it was possibly the most fun visit I've had at a dentist EVER! She took an x-ray of the front of my mouth and you could see the bruise on the bones above my upper teeth which was shaped exactly like the curve of the softball! Very cool!

So as much as I would like to forget my hideous face from the days it was healing I feel this post wouldn't be complete without a before and after photo so here you go:

About an hour after I was hit.  

The morning after I was hit.

What it looks like now.. thanks NHS!