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So on the 4th, I went white water rafting with Deepa and twelve other people that I didn’t know.  It was a lot of fun and would love to do it again.  I went overboard three times:  the first time, I just cleanly bounced right out of the raft after we impacted a rock, the second time I was hit by Deepa flying backwards…that’s my story, anyway, and the third time we all went flying out when the raft turned sideways.  It is kind of a humbling experience when you have no control whatsoever of your body and you see your legs flailing out in front of you before crashing into the water.  During the third water encounter, I took in a lot of water, was hit by someone or an oar, and took a second to surface.  When I did, I saw Deepa floating near me (who can’t swim), so I grabbed her vest and pulled upwards to keep her head up.  In doing so I somehow pulled my thumbnail in a direction it shouldn’t go.   I held on for only a second or two before I was yelled at by our guide to let go of her so he could pull her back into the boat.  I’m still not sure if I was helping or impeding the “rescue” process.

Anyway, during the whole day my eyes were washed with the river water over and over again.  On the way home, my left eyelid started to swell.  It is still swollen Sunday night.   Because nothing else is swelling around my eye, I don’t think I got hit there in the chaos that ensued when the raft flipped.  I can only guess that I got some kind of bacteria in my left eye that has caused my eyelid to swell and become a bit painful.

The swelling is not that bad, just a straight line near my eyelashes.  I took a few pictures, but here is one for the curious:

See!  Not that bad, right?  I’m all about ignoring injuries until the limb is about to fall off, but if my eyelid doesn’t look better by tomorrow I’ll probably go see a doctor.  Eh, stupid body is falling apart on me.