Meet "Pinky"

Well i went to the Dr. Tues and i still have my cast on :(

I see the surgeon next tues (he has been out of town so i saw one of the other guys tues) so HOPEFULLY he will take it off then. I'm going nuts over here - I'm one of the few people who ENJOYS work so this is making me miserable!!!

I'm typing with one hand and it takes FOREVER...so the posts will be kept short from now on. Enjoy a photo of my new friend - i call him Pinky. Im trying to find him a hat or hair but i cant convince chris to drive me to Michael's or walmart (but i cant complain - he did dry and straighten my hair for me!!) hehehe

After surgery and with LOTS of drugs

Hey everybody just wanted to show you my new trophy!!! Surgery went well. It took about an hour and twenty minutes. They completely put me under. The first thing I said when I woke up was, "I dreamed about web sites". :)

I'm in a little pain now but I have a very good care-taker at home with me. By the way, notice the very sophisticated "exercise device" they attached to the cast. It's a rubberband tied to my fingernail with sutures. Nice, huh? The doc who did the surgery is great...I was glad we had him.

Photos right after surgery:







Allie and Wyatt sent me a picture on my phone:



Check out my new cast... tiny huh?

More than JUST a cut

Well... I now have surgery scheduled for tomorrow. No, I'm not kidding... surgery. It seems as though I have cut BOTH flexor tendons in my pinky. The doctor's words were "I'm going to be honest with you... this is NOT a good injury to have. " Then he talked about 2-3 months of casting with a LOT of physical therapy. I hope he's not serious. Then he so graciously added "you cut an area that most doctors refer to as 'no man's land' because no man should ever have to go in there and because stiffness is such a common problem after injuries in this area. Freakin Great. well... looks like work is going to have to be put on hold for a while...

A Stiff Pinky

My pinky still wont bend... typing has been pretty hard. I have a doctor appoint tomorrow with a specialist. Wish me luck.

The Chicken Bit Back

Well... today I cut my pinky on a chicken can lid. Yes, you heard me... a chicken can lid. Why was I eating chicken from a can?? Well... It all started when we had NOTHING for lunch. I decided on clam chowder... Chris wanted pasta with marinara. Trying to be a good wife I decided to "fancy up" my hubby's pasta with a recipe similar to one I saw on the back of the pasta box. It had olive oil, basil and other seasonings, Parmesan and... CHICKEN. Well knowing I didn't have any chicken de-thawed (un-thawed?), I opted for the Tuna of the Land... aka Canned Chicken.

Everything was going fine and well... The pasta looked Gourmet and the hubby was pleased. I returned to the stove to serve up my clam chowder and decided to do some quick cleaning before I sat down to eat. I washed out the pasta pot, returned the leftover marinara to the fridge, grabbed the can 'o chicken to thro....ooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh $#!^...%&*#, %&*#, %&*#, %&*#, %&*#, %&*#!!!!!!

The lid on the chicken had sliced through the middle bend in my pinky finger on my right hand. I cant remember if it hurt or just freaked me out when i felt it hit "something" but I was saying enough dirty words to put Dove out of business.

Shortly after hovering over the sink and holding my hand under water... I was thanking God I hadn't eaten my clam chowder. My morning Crystal Light was coming back up. Not good. So Chris and I bandaged it... I sat down... and then realized - I CAN'T BEND MY PINKY!!!!!!!! WTF?? Chris said it was probably in shock... Dad said he was more worried about getting an infection... I was worried about not being able to type!! So after about 20 min when I still couldn't bend it we headed to the Urgent Care center.

Of course the doctor was just a general practitioner so he said he didn't see anything and stitched it up with three stitches. He was concerned with it not bending so he said if I still cant bend it by Monday, I should make an appointment with a specialist. See photos of the stitches and bandage below (they were taken with my camera phone... bear with me).
This is probably the worst injury a web designer can have!