Finger Saga

Dec 6, 2008

I was in a freak accident last month that left my finger broken and lacerated. I still have pin holding the bone together. It really hurts, and it hurts all of the time. But, good has come from this. It not fun ending up in emergency surgery, and it's not fun hurting, but I've met some wonderful people through this and I've learned a lot of interesting things. One of the things I learned is that people genuinely care. Another thing I'm learning is how strong I am. I choose to take the good.


Jan 3, 2009

I wrote that a few days before the pin was removed. Since then I have been through 4 PT sessions. I really like my therapists, Julianne. She is persistent and encouraging, and another one of the good things. My finger has made some wonderful progress during those 4 session and lots of work on my part between those sessions. However, there is still one part of my finger that will not move by itself. Julianne told me the other day that if it doesn't start responding to the therapy soon, I may have to have more surgery to remove the scar tissue that's wrapped around the ligaments. Today I've been more vigorous in doing my exercises in an effort to get that scar tissue to break up. Pray for complete healing of my finger and for wisdom as we move through the process.


Jan 13, 2009

I met with my therapist today. She gave me a couple of new tools to use to get full use of my finger back. I really like my therapist. Her name is Juli and really talented in hand therapy. She said she was doubtful I could fully recover without surgery, but that she doesn't normally have clients with as much determination as me which meant she was hopeful. I found that encouraging. Pray I can get full recovery without surgery, but if it needs to happen, that we will navigate that road with wisdom. I cannot tell you how much good has come from this accident. I don't like having to go through this, but I've met the most amazing people, found an awesome home for my dog, discovered that rest really does heal (novel idea for a marathon walker), and found how many truly caring people there are in this world. Praise God!