So I hurt myself a bunch while I was at Penland... No big surprise if you know me at all. First day there, I fall off a stool cleaning the studio windows and re-twist my left ankle. Swollen, yucky, bummer... but oh well. Then, a few days in, I get bit by a bunch of bugs (I later find out they were chiggers, whatever those are). I scratch at them too much and the bites get huge and horribly uncomfortable. Then... the hematoma incident occurs. I was running on a wet deck... dumb, I know... and took quite the spill. Here is the progression of the bruise. It's on it's way to being better, but boy did/does it hurt.
DAY 1
DAY 3
DAY 5
DAY 9
The most disconcerting part of this whole hematoma mess is the lump that just won't seem to go away.
THE LUMP
I went the the doctor as soon as I was home to ask about it. He informed me that my lump is most likely filled with blood, the consistency of grape jelly (gross...), and that it was too deep right now to justify cutting it open... He told me to keep my eye on it... whatever that means.
GOOD GOD HEATHER, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? MOST ACCIDENT PRONE PERSON EVER!! HOPE IT GETS BETTER
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