Karate Lessons, Sick Cat & Surgery?

What a somewhat stinky day!

Let's back up -- yesterday, I had my first physical therapy session for my wrist. And low and behold, the therapist and I noticed that I couldn't do a "thumbs up" on my right hand. I cannot hyper extend the thumb up -- it's like the last digit just doesn't move. It doesn't really hurt either....but it won't do what my brain tells it to do. She immediately called the Ortho specialist and they wanted to see me in the morning.

Forward to today -- The Dr. told me that I have most likely ruptured a tendon in my thumb. It is a time sensitive issue because if he can repair it within a reasonable amount of time of the rupture, there is a greater chance that he can repair the affected tendon. Otherwise, if too much time has gone by, then he takes a tendon from my index finger and puts it into my thumb. (yuck) So my options are (a) have surgery or (b) live with limited use of my thumb.

So, I go in for surgery tomorrow at about 2 pm. Recovery = 6-8 weeks in some type of brace followed by physical therapy. Did you know they hook electrodes up to you in P.T.?! They did that to my arm and it made my fingers move all on their own - -wild!

The kids headed to Karate today (the picture is one from a few months back but you'll forgive my forgetfulness in taking the camera!). At least it was a bright spot in my day! :-) Charlie learned two new kicks and got a star for demonstrating them the best out of the class out of those who just learned them! That's cool!

Then we went back home to find our cat, Jester, isn't feeling well! (sigh) and so he's going to the vet and I'm going to the hand specialist tomorrow. Sorry this is brief but now I need to get things done before I'm 'out' of commission for a few days. I'll have Andrew update the blog tomorrow after the surgery so y'all can read about how loopy I was! Love to all!

Psalm 54:4 "Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me." (boy did I need that verse today!)