A Broken Man's Thoughts

UPDATE! Doing really well! Added some story and pictures before the twitter well wishes!

I had a horrible accident on Dec 29th, 2010. I broke 2 bones in my face and 18 stitches. My car is totalled but I walked away. I don't care what you believe in but my Angels and My God were with me. Below I have pictures of the car and me and then under that a Very special thank you to my twitter and FB friends.

This is the inside of the car. I bounced my face off of that trim between the door and the windshield. The blood on the door is from my hands when I tried to get out of the car.

The police say the whole driver side was slid in 6 inches which is why my face smacked the trim above.

A wider shot of the car. I am very VERY glad to be alive.

Then there was the damage to me:

In the hospital pretty dark. They had finally freed me from the neck brace and I was free to move about the cabin. They stitched me up pretty well. Took 18 stitches and one would was hard to stitch on top of my broken sinus bone

This was a well lit pic after I was sent on my way. All the glass scrapes are more clear now.

This was day 2 after I woke up. I plan to do daily pics to show how it heals. It was looking a ton better day 2 than day 1

Day 3

Day 4

Skipped day 5 this is day 6

UPDATE: Here's the stuff leading up to and after surgery

So the stitches healed up nicely. Came time to get them out.

Heres the first picture after they were out. Held under the sturry strips. Eye still showing signs of the blood that was behind, in, around and pretty much every where to do with my sinus's. Below: Sturry strips off. The ER doc did a great job sewing me up

Little closer. Blood going away. Scar very small. Face is still indented from broken bones

Lots closer. Shows how red the eye is and how deep the scar is

1st pic post surgery. Little more swollen but overall okay. They decided to keep me over night hence the hospital gown. They reopened the original scar and put a plate from my nose all the way under my eye. getting the good stuff via IV. Never had one in my hand before but it worked!

Back home. Eye swelling is going down. Still a ton of blood. Sturry strips over the new scar and below, back on the ice for a couple days

This is the 1st pic after the strips are off. Looks like someone ran a very small sharp blade across my face. It'll be interesting to see how it works out.

While this was going on I was able to post to fb and Twitter to keep my family in the know of what was going on. The outpouring of love on my facebook can be seen at facebook.com/troyaof and the outpouring on my twitter (Which blew me away) is below. You have to scroll to the bottom and then read it going up. My remarks and links to pics aren't included but I appreciate every single person below. My twitter followers are awesome and I never expected to meet people like this when I became Royalman but it's totally worth it just knowing you folks! For those of you on Twitter, consider this your follow friday. These are the kind of people you want to follow.

Remember read from the bottom up.

Kinda funny notes:

They didn't want to move my neck much but I threw a fit cause they were going to cut my Omaha Royals Hoodie off. I explained I can't get another and would gladly let them cut the shirts just save the hoodie.

After the hoodie incident I quipped with the nurses as they were taking my pants off: "This is probably the only time in my life I am not overjoyed to be having a group of ladies rip my clothes off."

An orderly walked into my room to check on me and just before he left he turned and said: "You're Royalman, right?" I confirmed and he said he goes to tons of game just with no cape or boots :)

jeremejones Jereme Jones

@BrianMcGannon Are you kidding me. @KCRoyalman is a Royals fan. That is way more painful than any car wreck! He'll be back without a doubt.

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