Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Racquetball is a dangerous sport!

While in Utah (and incidently the day we had scheduled to get grandparent/grandkid photos) my dad came home from work looking like this....

A wildly swung racquet by a fellow racquetball player was to blame for this horrible wounding. My poor dad was very tough about the whole thing, but it sure looked sore.

Here is a close-up on the stitches. I believe it was SEVENTEEN in all.


Stacey had the great idea to get one of these in place of the uncomfortable ice pack.

I added this picture so that you know just how handsome my dad really is :)
The wound is healing really well and last I saw he was just about back to normal.
Nevertheless, for all you who like racquetball...watch out! Thank goodness he was wearing his protective goggles.

4 comments:

Lindsay B. said...

that was WITH protective eye wear???

note to self: never play racquetball!

Starley Family said...

I am glad he didn't feel the mask was too feminine (wink wink). Man poor guy. Who would have thought?

Mammy said...

Oh my gosh, that looks horrible! I had it pictured as bad when you were saying what happened, but not that bad. Hopefully he's been healing well and won't have too much of a scar. I feel so bad for him.

Amanda said...

Oh my goodness! Racquetball is dangerous. Jared always comes home with battle wounds, but never that bad! Your poor dad.