Changing Sprite When You Press a key

Question

I have a sprite sheet that I can change the little slimey's picture from but it only changes like the actual image I want to make them so when I press the right key it takes the pictures and gives it the one where it's facing right. I tried to get it so that it takes a int from the slime's class and uses it when I press right but it only prints the number 2 in the console but isn't changing the picture....... the stuff for the slime....

package com.maprildoll.main;

import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.util.Random;

public class Slimey extends DollObject{
    
    Random r = new Random();
    
    private int x;
    private int y;
    public int sprites = 0;
    
    private BufferedImage slimey;
    public SpriteSheet slimes;

    public Slimey(ID id, int x, int y, Slimeball slimeball) {
        super(x, y, id);
        
        this.x = x;
        this.y = y;
        
        SpriteSheet slimes = new SpriteSheet(slimeball.getSpriteSheet());
        slimey = slimes.grabImage(1, 1, 69, 49);
        if(sprites == 2) {
            slimey = slimes.grabImage(2, 1, 69, 49);
        }
    }   

    public void tick() {
        x += speedX;
        y += speedY;
        
        x = Slimeball.clamp(x, 0, Slimeball.WIDTH - 82);
        y = Slimeball.clamp(y, 88, Slimeball.HEIGHT - 278);
    }

    public void render(Graphics g) {
        g.drawImage(slimey, (int)x, (int)y, null);
    }
}

the main window thingy....

package com.maprildoll.main;

import java.awt.Canvas;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferStrategy;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Random;

import javax.swing.ImageIcon;

public class Slimeball extends Canvas implements Runnable{

    private static final long serialVersionUID = -2882786666891858852L;
    public static final int WIDTH = 1700, HEIGHT = 900;
    
    private Thread thread;
    private boolean running = false;
    
    private Random r;
    private Handler handler;
    
    private BufferedImage spriteSheetSlimes;
    private BufferedImage spriteSheetItem = null;
    private BufferedImage items;
    
    private Slimey slimey;

    
    public Slimeball (Slimeball slimeball){
        
        handler = new Handler();
        this.addMouseListener(new Mousey(handler));
        new Windows(WIDTH, HEIGHT, "Slimeballin' >.<!!", this);
        
        r = new Random();
        
            handler.addObject(new Slimeyball(WIDTH/2-32, HEIGHT/2+186, ID.Slimeyball));
        }
    
    public void init() {
        requestFocus();
            ImageLoader loader = new ImageLoader();
            try {
                spriteSheetItem = loader.loadImage("C:\\Users\\SPooKykun\\eclipse-workspace\\MaprilDolly\\src\\com\\maprildoll\\main\\Slimeball\\itemsheet.png");
                spriteSheetSlimes = loader.loadImage("C:\\Users\\SPooKykun\\eclipse-workspace\\MaprilDolly\\src\\com\\maprildoll\\main\\Slimeball\\slimebox.png");
            }catch(IOException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            
            addKeyListener(new Slimekey(this));
            SpriteSheetTew itemsheet = new SpriteSheetTew(spriteSheetItem);
            items = itemsheet.grabImage(1, 1, 32, 32);
            slimey = new Slimey(ID.Slime, 1040, 620, this);
    }
    
    

    public synchronized void start() {
        thread = new Thread(this);
        thread.start();
        running = true;
    }
    
    public synchronized void stop() {
        try{
            thread.join();
            running = false;
        }catch(Exception e){
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
    
    public void run(){
        init();
        long lastTime = System.nanoTime();
        double amountOfTicks = 60.0;
        double ns = 1000000000 / amountOfTicks;
        double delta = 0;
        long timer = System.currentTimeMillis();
        int frames = 0;
        while(running){
            long now = System.nanoTime();
            delta += (now - lastTime) / ns;
            lastTime = now;
            while(delta >=1) {
                tick();
                delta--;
            }
            if(running)
                render();
            frames++;
            
            if(System.currentTimeMillis() - timer > 1000) {
                timer += 1000;
                System.out.println("FPS: " + frames);
                frames = 0;
            }
        }
        stop();
    }
    
    private void tick() {
        handler.tick();
        slimey.tick();
    }
    
    private void render() {
        BufferStrategy bs = this.getBufferStrategy();
        if(bs == null){
            this.createBufferStrategy(3);
            return; 
        }
    
    Graphics g = bs.getDrawGraphics();
    
    Color cyanie = new Color (231, 255, 254);
    g.setColor(cyanie);
    g.fillRect(0, 0, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
     final ImageIcon background = new ImageIcon("C:\\Users\\SPooKykun\\eclipse-workspace\\MaprilDolly\\src\\com\\maprildoll\\main\\Slimeball\\testbackground.gif");
     Image imgback = background.getImage();
      g.drawImage(imgback, 0, 0, this);
      g.drawImage(items, 865, 636, this);
      slimey.render(g);
    
      handler.render(g);
    
      g.dispose();
      bs.show();
  }
    
    public void keyPressed(KeyEvent e) {
        int key = e.getKeyCode();
        
        if (key == KeyEvent.VK_LEFT) {
            slimey.setSpeedX(-5);
        } else if (key == KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT) {
            slimey.setSpeedX(+5);
            slimey.sprites = 2;
            System.out.println(slimey.sprites);
        } else if (key == KeyEvent.VK_ALT){
            slimey.setSpeedY(-8);
        }
    }
    
    public void keyReleased(KeyEvent e) {
        int key = e.getKeyCode();
        
        if (key == KeyEvent.VK_LEFT) {
            slimey.setSpeedX(0);
        } else if (key == KeyEvent.VK_RIGHT) {
            slimey.setSpeedX(0);
        } else if (key == KeyEvent.VK_ALT);{
            slimey.setSpeedY(+4);
        }
    }
    
    
    public static int clamp(double x, int min, int max){
        if(x >= max)
            return (int) (x = max);
        else if(x <= min)
            return (int) (x = min);
        else
            return (int) x;
    }
    
    
    public BufferedImage getSpriteSheet() {
            return spriteSheetSlimes;
    }
    
}

I tried to put a keylistener to the Slimey but for some reason the keyboard would never work when it was in there..... soo how would I take a image from the sheet and add it to the keypressed stuff I want to put the right facing one when it presses right.....