Here I am 48 hours after the accident.  I feel much better than I look, but I spend most of the day with an ice pack on my face.  Bob Mellen 1/13/2004

This was taken 8 Hours after the accident.  The swelling on my left cheek prevents me from opening my left eye.

Here I am 96 Hours or 4 days after the accident.  I can actually see out of my left eye.  My nose looks a lot straighter now but the left eye is still pretty colorful!

Here I am 5 days after the accident.  The stiches in my forehead were removed and the bandage on my left cheek was removed.  How colorful!

This was taken 1 week after the accident.  Progress is coming much slower.

This was taken 2 weeks post accident.  The scare on my forehead is healing nicely, but the left cheek isn't doing near as well..

Here we are at 3 weeks.  The weather must be warming up, as I'm not wearing my hooded sweatshirt!

This is 4 weeks after the accident.  The discoloration is almost gone from my left cheek, but the lump is still pretty big.  I'll know in another week if I have to have surgery done on it.  I got my truck back from the shop this week and that has saved a lot of aggaivation.

Five weeks post accident, and look, I got a new shirt!  I saw the Surgeon today and he closed the books on me.  He is going to let the left cheek heal by inself.  That's OK, as I wasn't looking forward to anything he had in mind for me!