That time Nathan got hit in the face...

Y'all have all heard by now that Nathan got hit in the face with a softball. Here's the story.

Well, it started as a typical office pick-up softball game. Nathan plays catcher & there wasn't really anything exciting happening. Until someone comes in to score & he stands up for the throw from 3rd base.
As you can see from the above picture, the ball WAS heading straight for Nathan's glove as the runner arrived at home plate. Turns out he's pretty good at pick-up softball!

But then here comes the twist. Mr. Runner runs straight into Nathan trying desperately to get to the plate. In the process, as you can see, the ball is no longer aligned with the glove & instead its smack on track for Nathan's face. Uh oh.

And here's the result. My poor husband ended up with a very swollen, broken nose & two black eyes. (The left eye blackened the next day after this picture was taken.) Apparently, it bled for somewhere close to 3 hours! Thankfully, it doesn't look like his nose will be crooked for the rest of forever, but I don't think it's going to be quite right either. One of those it hurts when it rains kind of things.

Also not pictured here is Nathan's mustache, grown in preparation for his Mario costume. With the double black eyes, the mustache really adds to how rough he's looked for the past week. Anything for the costume!

This week he's feeling a good bit better. True to Nathan form, he's reluctant to take his medicine, so he's playing through the pain for the most part. It does look better every day, so hopefully it won't hurt too much longer. If it still hurts in another week, he's gotta go for a CT scan of his face. Not really clear on what the utility of that will be, but that's what the doctor said, so we're just going with it.