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Christy Mack is recovering – slowly, but still recovering – from the horrific injuries she suffered as the result of a brutal domestic assault, allegedly perpetrated by her former partner, Jonathan Koppenhaver aka War Machine. That, in and of itself, is at least a small piece of good news to come out of this thunderously shitty situation.
The whole saga began when Mack posted a detailed and harrowing account of what happened to her, and the subsequent injuries she suffered. What followed was an almost farcical, Keystone Cops-like tale in which Koppenhaver claimed no wrong-doing, went on the run from police, was threatened with capture by Dog the Bounty Hunter before being peacefully captured in California and extradited back to Nevada where prosecutors then threw not just the book, but the whole library at him, levelling somewhere in the vicinity of 30 criminal charges at him, including the coup de grace of Attempted Murder.
Mack posted an update of her recovery on Twitter, along with several photos of how her battered face is healing.
As an update: pic.twitter.com/6uuAM4ES9D
— Christy Mack (@ChristyMack) September 14, 2014
The text update reads as follows.
“2 days, 2 weeks, 4 weeks and last night.
I’ve had several dentist visits to make eating more comfortable and make my smile look more normal. I still have a few more dental visits to go. I’ve had my eyes checked out and made aware that I’m very lucky to have my vision where it is, since the muscle is tethered by the fragments from the blowout fracture in my left eye.
My multiple nose fractures will be fixed in the next couple of months. While they’re fairly symmetrical, my nose is shifted on the inside and out causing breathing issues. (I also make everyone feel how my bone sticks out on the left side because it feels so weird.)
My top lip will regain movement in less than 6 months… looking forward to using straws again.
My liver seems to be alright. I was admitted back to the hospital shortly after I was released the first time for some minor treatment, but I did not have to have surgery.
While my face is starting to look decent again from the swelling going down, it is still not my own. Cutting what was left of my hair off, and losing 15lbs (it’s a lot when you’re 5’1″) made me feel even further away from myself.
It’s hard to look in the mirror every day and see someone you do not know. After having makeup done and dressing up for yesterday’s charity event, I felt much better about how I look now. It make me feel more normal, and beautiful for the first time in a very long time.
The event that I went to was face Face Forward. A non profit charity that funds surgeries for women and children that have been in horrible situations that require them to have reconstructive surgery. They are not funding me, my surgeries are being donated by other doctors. I met many wonderful people and look forward to working more with them in the future.”
Way to go, Christy. Here’s to a better world where less women have to deal with horrors unjustly and illegally perpetrated on them by douchebag, controlling, misogynistic fuckwits.
