Softball to the face

It seems like most years that I play softball, I end up with an injury.  I've had a broken hand, broken finger, concussion, and multiple scars from sliding or being hit with the ball.  The hardest injury to date is the latest one.  A little over a week ago I took a softball to the left side of my face.  The ball took a mean hop and got me.  It hurt a lot worse than it looked.  I ate from a straw the following day.  Luckily, mouths heal quickly.  It ripped up the inside of my lower lip pretty bad and cut up my top lip a little.  My teeth still hurt, but none were knocked loose or anything.  I'm hoping they don't die.  I talked to my old dentist though and he said it can take 2-3 weeks for them to feel better after getting hit in the mouth.  We'll see how it goes.

 

These pictures were taken 2 days later when my upper lip was infected.  It looked a lot better than the day before, I just didn't really think to take pictures.