Wow it has been forever since I've been able to even participate on these boards, H and I have been extremely busy and both of us have been working OT. Our lives have been eat sleep work and I'm sure as hell glad that's over.
So, friday I was at work, just a normal day, was going to take 2 dogs back in the kennel to be boarded. I took one dog from the owner and brought him back, then came for the other dog. Only a few dogs actually like going back to the kennel, and he wasn't one of them. He wasn't growling, or giving me the "whale eye", wasn't tense either. He was actually standing behind his owner and wagging his tail. I knelt down on his level as we are trained to do so the dog won't see you as a threat. He came towards me like every other dogs does, I went to put the leash on and BAM. It was like getting hit in the face by a rock with teeth. I was knocked backwards, and immediately knew that something was very wrong.
I ran in the back of the clinic screaming and holding my face. There was huge drops of blood all over the place so my coworker took me to the med center (my boss wasn't at the clinic yet). On the way there I was holding a towel to my face and crying, my coworker looked at me and said, "well, whatever you do, don't look in the mirror", so of course I looked in the mirror...and should have just listened to her. My right nostril was split in 2, and the side closest to my face was just flapping away everytime I breathed.
So, Super long story short- the med center sent me to the emergency room after cleaning me up a bit. Because I was bit in my face, they wanted me to see a plastic surgeon and have him stitch my wounds up. So he comes in and tells me the good news is he can fix my face pretty easily, the bad news is 1) My wounds are full of dirt and bacteria and crap, so they have to be scrubbed and cleaned, and 2) Since I ate this morning, all they can do is give me local anesthesia. So, I got 5 injections of lidocaine in my face, 2 of which were in my nose-one in the actual nostril and one in the hard catrilage that separates your nostrils. I wanted to frickin kill someone, it hurt so bad.
So now I have to go back to the plastic surgeon on tuesday to have my sutures out and my face evaluated. Because of the nature of my nose laceration, my nose might not look the same after it heals. I guess the scar tissue is really thick when it's on thick skin such as your nose, so the scar tissue might actually pull my nostril up and back as it heals, kind of like a pig. So, I may have to have actual plastic surgery in 3-6 months if it doesn't heal right.
After the med center, onthe way to the emergency room
After the plastic surgeon stitched me up
Bright side is, it happened after the wedding!
ETA: I was reading through some threads this morning and holy hannah's I can't believe all that ish with the banning. I'm sure you guys are sick of talking about it, but wow. And Nebb, congrats on the new car!