Kevin’s Health

Today started off with an incredible rush… of blood. One moment I was helping my daughter who was stuck behind our lawnmower in the garage (after not listening to daddy) and the next moment I tripped over the lawn mower and impaled my leg on a metal pole. Thankfully it went between muscle and skin and right into the fat  layer; however, in the fall it got torn out sideways, leaving about a 3″ gash in my leg.

Oh boy, this day was going well so far. NOT! Utilizing the wonders of Super Glue, I glued the top layer of skin back together and a couple of spots inside with hopes that the inside wouldn’t dehisce on me. There’s still a 1/4 inch around spot where the skin is simply gone but that’s better than nothing.

Because I didn’t want to use another day of vacation for a day of doctors visits and such, I went to work anyways. First, there was a company picnic. It’s a yearly event in which they give out awards and have this AWESOME barbeque in the parking lot.

Awesome if you can actually eat as I found out.

Imagine sitting there drinking water as sweet smelling barbeque wafts by your nose. Beef, chicken, burgers, etc. Oh boy did it smell good. Convinced that I would not be undone by my nose and that I’d maintain my dieting, I didn’t have anything to eat there, but it was hard.

Next, in the evening there was another picnic. This one with homemade items at my daughter’s school. Again, I sat drinking my protien based cream of chicken soup while pies, fried chicken, apple crisp, buttered corn, and other tasty morsels went past me. Strangely, I didn’t miss the food. It was enough to smell it and it smelled great.

It was a rough day in more than one way but I made it through.

My unofficial weight this morning was 305. I think my scale may be off and I’ll have to calibrate it.