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My Leg

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Some of you might have read my wife’s Xanga where she mentioned that I skinned up my leg playing softball. Yeah, it isn’t a pretty sight. And it doesn’t feel so good either. Here’s how it went down:

I’m leading off the inning. I hit a drive down the third base line, just beyond the reach of the third baseman. Hustling down the line I take the usual turn-and-look at first and the left fielder is just getting to the ball so I figure I have second fairly easy. As I get closer to second I realize that he has a rocket for an arm and it’s going to be close. Without thinking I get down (as my years of baseball taught me to) and slide into the bag…I was probably just a step before the throw. Then as I’m standing there I realize that I’m wearing shorts and that just left a mark. Gingerly I brush off as much dirt as I can, and keep on playing
*** Um, WARNING…there are pictures of it so you can stop reading if you want ***

Here’s the wound on Friday, two days after the slide.

So today I decided to trim the hairs around the wound because some of them are getting gummed up and caught in the nastiness. I took out my Norelco, popped out the little trimmer thing, and gently clipped my leg hairs in and around the wound. The center of it is still a little gummy. I’m assuming that’s because the area is so large that it can’t properly scab up. Here’s the leg post shaving.

One of the side effects of the trauma is that my leg swells up. It’s fine in the morning because I’ve just been sleeping, but after I’ve been up and around (and sitting at my desk at work) and fluids start pooling on my left shin. It’s kinda fun because I can pull down my sock and feel all the crazy swollen bumpies I know, I’m a bit of a weirdo.