If you haven't already heard, Scotty nailed me just below the eye while playing raquetball yesterday. I was serving the game point serve - dad and I were up 14 to 11 against Scott and Nate. I served a high one to Scott who was back and to my right. I watched the ball as it went past to see if it was in play because it was a high serve. As I turned I saw Scott make a play on the ball before it hit the floor or back wall. Scott has terrible aim and ball came careening toward my head, which by this time was turned at him. The ball connected and I went down pretty quick, eye throbbing, blood rushing (swelling), lots of initial shock and pain. We got ice and I iced it down before I left. Dad was bugging me to take pictures, so here they are. This first one was taken within an hour of being hit.
Heather hasn't been feeling well the last couple days so I had dad pick me up to go get my eye checked today. They dilated my eye (that's a first for me) and I'm still pretty light sensitive. Everything is fine - no sight loss, just a couple of small scratches on the surface that will heal, and an evil eye that will probably have some red in it for the next 2-3 weeks. Here's a pic from this afternoon. If you click on it for the details you can still see my dilated eye.
I'm fine, although it's pretty annoying to have the puffiness around my eye. Needless to say I will be wearing my safety glasses next time we play.
