right in the honker

one week ago today we were at richard's baseball game in brigham city.

he was playing left field, and by the 4th inning had already made a few great

plays - including a sliding catch that would take your breath away.

during the 5th inning tyson (richard's brother) and i were both enjoying our

fabulous spot in the shade, and my attention was more focused on the current

issue of city weekly in my lap then on the game until i heard someone on the other

team hit a solid ball and tyson say "oh my gosh..."

at this point i looked up to see richard kneeling in the middle of left field with his

face in his hands and his entire team running toward him.  my stomach jumped into

my throat, and i jumped to my feet.

before i knew it i was in left field looking at richard with a shirt being held over his

face by a teammate, and his hands full of blood.  i didn't say one word.  i just braced

myself for when they would pull the shirt away and his eyeball would be hanging out

of his face...luckily it was just his nose.  i still didn't say much because the insane amount

of blood was messing with my gag reflex.

when i finally did talk, richard said "rach, did you grab the camera?!"  ummm...no!

his stellar teammate took care of him while i got the car and drove it out onto the field

to pick him up and take him to the instacare.

here's the mvp getting in the car

soooo much blood.  dag, dag, dag.

poor guy waiting for the doc.

he broke his septum.  this can happen when you catch a ball

with your face.

he could still breathe, but was super swollen - he and tyson are

pretty much twins, so you can see how swollen.

over the next few days, the swelling went down, and the black eyes

got more colorful.

the black is turning green now, and the swelling is all gone.

but my baby is still mvp.