I've been thinking about you Randy. How are you doing?
Me too, and wondering how the Bell's is doing.
Sending prayers.
My step-nephew was a forceps delivery and one tong of the forceps grabbed him on his right cheek. The nerve was permanently damaged, causing Bell's on the entire right side of his face. His eye does not completely close and he uses drops in it before going to bed at night, but has never worn an eye patch, nor does he smile on that side of his face. He's about 40 now, and has always been a cutie, and still is, even with expression only on the one side of his face. It's not all that noticeable, but since it happened at birth, we've never seen him any other way. Though I did hear that it was rather disconcerting to his lady friends, that he slept with one eye open.
The ex mother-in-law got it from a virus, sometime in her 40's, before I met her. She ended up having the nerve cut, as back then (40 some years ago) that was the only treatment. She was then able to have "expression" on both sides of her face, but had no feeling on that side. Because of no feeling, she would often have food (or drool) on that side of her face or chin but unaware because of no feeling.
Of the two cases...I think my nephew, by doing nothing, made the right choice in dealing with it. Opt for the rakish grin and the eye patch....and expect to have a lot of women flirt with you....
