Sunday, April 29, 2012

Contest Winners for WE 04-28-12

I have decided one of these weeks I am going to post on Sunday that nothing happened this week, everything was uneventful, and life is calm.  

But again - not this week.  My oldest son plays on a softball league for men in his age group of which he is 30.  Unfortunately some hot shot short stop who thought he was Ozzie Smith decided to stop my son from rounding 2nd base and threw the ball as hard as he could directly into the right side of my son's face.  This person was successful in completely shattering his check bone, the orbital bone and whatever the bone is below your check.  There is shattered bone fragments in his sinus cavity at a minimum and some dental issues to be addressed later.  

They are going to operate on him Thursday - May 3rd and repair the damage, put in 3 plates to replace those bones broken that cannot be repaired and clean up the damage to his palate.  Right now he has no feeling whatsoever in the extremely damaged areas. we are just praying that after the trauma is gone he will get it back.

Now my son should have been wearing a helmet at the very least and a face mask at the most extreme and he was not - however - the person that did this to him should have tracked him down at a bare minimum to apologize or done something to say "I am sorry".  It is that lack of an act of simple manners that  has me the most angry.

Plus I hate this new version of Google - I'm just saying!

So my winners are:

Cara Elliott - Too Tempting to Resist: MaryAnne B

Cathy Maxwell - Lyon's Bride: Lexi B

Diane Kelly - Taxes, etc: Erin

Posted by at
Reactions: 

23 comments:

  1. Mary, I so sorry that this happened to your sons. its so dang sad that people are so competitive in sports and would stoop so low as to do this.

    Congrats to all the winners!

    ReplyDelete

  2. Oh, how horrible. What is wrong with people today. I am sure it is just a fun league for one thing and I would be beyond myself if I did such damage to someone. I am wishing him all the best and hope he feels better soon although it looks like a long healing process :(

    Congratulations winners.

    ReplyDelete

  3. I'm so sorry Mary to see your son in this state and in pain like this. The fool that hit him didn't even say he was sorry.Terrible. He's in my prayers for a complete recovery. So sad the way people are in sports today.
    Congrats winners.
    Carol L
    Lucky4750 (at) aol (dot) com

    ReplyDelete

  4. I am so sorry for your son. I hope all goes well on Thursday and he makes a full recovery! As far as the person who hit him with ball goes, I totally agree with you. I absolutely think they should do something to help him or at the least say they are sorry. Good luck to you and your family and good thoughts for yours son's quick and full recovery!
    Congrats to the winners.

    ReplyDelete

  5. I'm sorry Mary that this happened. I'll be praying for your son's complete recovery.

    ReplyDelete

  6. Wishing your son a full and speedy recovery.

    Congrats to the winners.

    ReplyDelete

  7. Hope all goes well for your son!

    ReplyDelete

  8. He threw the ball at your son's face? That's not even a legal play. He should be tossed from the league.

    Your son is in my prayers, as are you, Mary. No matter how old our kids get, they are still our kids and any kind of surgery is scary. God Bless.

    ReplyDelete

  9. This comment has been removed by the author.

    ReplyDelete

  10. Oh... here's sending you get well soon wishes for your son. Sometimes men demonstrate that they never truly grow up.

    Thank you for the giveaway!

    I wish your son well and a speedy recover!

    efender1(at)gmail(dot)com

    ReplyDelete

  11. Sending healing thoughts. I'm very sorry this has happened.

    ReplyDelete

  12. Oh, Mary, I'm so sorry to hear this. Will keep your son in my thoughts and prayers for a successful surgery and speedy recovery.

    Congratulations to the winners!!

    ReplyDelete

  13. Mary, I feel so bad that this happened to your son! People just are so competitive that they do things they shouldn't! He could have at least apologized!!! I hope all goes well for your son.

    Congrats to the winners!

    ReplyDelete

  14. Oh ouch! I hope he starts to feel better soon.

    ReplyDelete

  15. Wow, I am so sorry. This same thing happened to the son of a friend of mine. He made a full recovery. I do believe the guy should apologize. At the very least.

    ReplyDelete

  16. Wow thatbis awful so sorry
    Wtg winners
    Kimh

    ReplyDelete

  17. Prayers for your son, you, and all those hurting for you.

    ReplyDelete

  18. Mary, so sorry for your sons injury. Sometimes men(and women) are so determined to win they will do anything to get one of the opposing team members off the field. The fact that he did not apologize shows what a poor sport he is and I hope the team he is on will tell him not to come back
    Sending prayers for your son's complete recovery.

    misskallie2000 at yahoo dot com

    ReplyDelete

  19. So sorry to hear about your son.

    ReplyDelete

  20. Please send your son our wishes for a speedy recovery!

    ReplyDelete

  21. Being a Mom is one of the toughest jobs in the world. Being strong for your son is no easy task, but you and your family will get through this. God Speed

    ReplyDelete

  22. GrantsMom: Life throws us curve balls. In this it was literal. Jesus will be with you and your family.

    ReplyDelete

  23. Mary: I've been out of town and am finally getting back to blogs/emails, etc. I just saw this post. I'm so sorry to hear about what happened to your son. My prayers and good thoughts are with him and your family. I hope the surgery went well.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)