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| March 1, 2021 Corn Men's 60 22 posts | Facial Injuries Just wanted to share some advice on getting treatment for head/face injuries. I got hit in the eye socket over the weekend at the Spring Training Classic in Phoenix. It happened when I was fielding a fly ball in RC. The ball deflected off my glove and hit me in the left eye socket. My wife insisted that I go in because the pupil wasn’t responding in light. The ER doc noticed the same thing and called the eye doc in. He did an exam and said it was a good thing I came in because it would have gotten worse if not treated with a potential for total vision loss. The CT scan showed blood pooling in the sinus cavity of the opposite eye. Now I have follow ups with the eye doc and ENT, and a whole lotta eye drops. Moral of the story listen to your better half. For me, it’s back to training camp to learn how to field a routine fly. |
| March 1, 2021 B.J. 1107 posts | Good advice and good luck healing |
| March 1, 2021 Corn Men's 60 22 posts | Thanks B. J. |
| March 1, 2021 wdodge22 Men's 55 152 posts | Corn I wish you the best. I had the same injury 20 years ago. I spent the night in the hospital, and worked with an Ophthalmologist for a year. Here is what the final was: 1. Doc watched for detached retina or damage to cornea, and I was lucky that that did not happen. 2. My pupil is frozen open, and to date, I still get the same answer that there is nothing they can do to fix that. What that means is that I am way more sensitive to light, so anytime I am outside, I am wearing sunglasses. My vision is still 20/20, but the injured eye is a little foggy.. but I can still play the outfield. 3. Because of an eye injury, we are more susceptible to cataracts and possibly glaucoma. So I get eye exams every year. Please share if you learn something different from your Eye Doc. While its a fun conversation starter of "why do you have two different color eyes?" I would love to fix it. Best of luck Bill |
| March 1, 2021 Turning2 Men's 70 204 posts | Corn, good news that diagnosis has been done, recovery methods in place, good luck going forward. i have also been playing RCF and wow, the number of knuckle balls and top spin line drives heading my way sure seem different now that i'm 70 yrs old. Routine is now a relative term!!?? Best wishes for speedy recovery and "yes" my wife of 50 yrs is always right also......... |
| March 1, 2021 Corn Men's 60 22 posts | Thanks for that info Bill. Hopefully I will have the same outcome you did without anything more serious. Funny, I was shopping for 16” glove a few days earlier. The ball was tailing a little but it could have been the wind gust too. I didn’t need to throw the ball so I tend to use both hands with the glove in front of my face. Gonna go a little more to the side now—lol |
| March 1, 2021 Corn Men's 60 22 posts | I know what you mean Turning 2. It’s a hard position to play. I just started playing last year again. Played RF back in the day 30 years ago when I could throw it home. The right side is the most difficult for sure. But you made me feel better with your comment. |
