“Why were you catching a tennis ball during a tennis lesson …
Isn’t that what you’ve got a racquet for?”
“Why did it take three weeks to get him to a Doctor?”
“Well it was a combination of timing, just before a long weekend, we were away’ and… tailing off and running out of excuses... ‘basically lack of complaints”.…
“No!!!!!!!“
“Can he do sport…soccer?”
“No“??? we both repeat in unison
“You’re not a professional player are you?” She asks.
“Err no…”
“Well then, suck it up!”
“If you leave it as it is, the next joint will be brought out of alignment and then that will probably lead to arthritis in old age and…”
Blah, blah, blah … Just amputate the finger now, I mutter…
”Now what colour do you want?”
Jimbob chooses black to match his mood.
“even one second out of alignment will mean that you have to start all over again…’
We head off to Malaysia, full of doom and gloom for Jimbob’s ruined soccer season ahead. Luckily it is in Penang whilst in a visit to a Buddhist temple that our guide says
“Do you have anything you’d like to pray for? Well yes!
“Just one small thing“…
‘Dear Buddha,
“We’re not taking these bracelets off until your finger is better” I say…
“And this candle can go in your bedroom”…
“I’m not having that my bedroom”Jimbob replies pointing indignantly at the pretty pink candle…
“Can’t it go in the Sitting Room?”
So it is with trepidation that we are referred to a Hand Surgeon for his expert opinion – Can you see the $$$$’s just floating out of my hands into his? That’s the magic of a Hand Surgeon!
It was money well spent because having had another X-ray, he was happy to take a conservative approach thankfully avoiding a hospital visit, surgery, a pin in the finger etc etc We’re loving the Hand Surgeon and Buddha’s not bad either!
Returning to the Hand Therapist she modifies the splint to add in some velcro as the swelling has now reduced, making the splint loose. The splint is worn continuously until week 8 when it is removed.
Weeks 8-12 Night time wear only and physiotherapy exercises to complete three times daily
Weeks 12 – 16 onwards wearing of the finger brace for sports only and night time wear
He is grateful to have played a full season of soccer…Thanks be to Buddha
It’s my birthday week and for those wonder what on earth’s got into me, I decided that to celebrate my first Blogoversary (Yesterday) I would blog each day for a week and have fun meeting other Bloggers – do not fear I will not have the stamina to keep this up. You’ll see I’m sure I’ll be back to my usual spasmodic blogging next week (if I don’t collapse with exhaustion before!!!)
The instructions were to link a “P” post
Little Wandering Wren