Aweeee, you are so sweet to have read all of that and provide a word of encouragement and direction. I really appreciate it. π«πππ»Yes, I am choosing to trust and focus on supporting my healing process, I still trust that this injury is stimulating new cell growth. But yeah, it's definitely worse than the photo, it's more of a black eye atm. I did spend some time dredging how I will move forward with the studio and nurse his morning, but putting it to rest for the time being. It's also unfortunate inconvenience in timing. It was an appointment I've scheduled a month ago and it eventually happened to coincide with me venturing near San Francisco where I was intending to be quite social. I am now not feeling the social vibes with a black eye at present. At the moment I definitely need several days for healing the swelling etc, but as far as the dark blue black bruise and knowing how long it takes them to heal for me... It may be a while!