well, i have finally gotten the horrible permanent splinty thing off my arm. i went in today for my 1st physical therapy session and they sent me home with exercises and a nifty removable splint that is much, much easier to deal with.

there is still a lot of pain and the hand is very puffed up still, but i am seeing progress towards recovery. they told me it would be about another 4-6 weeks till i am back to normal.

ruthie has been just wonderful and i can't imagine how she keeps up with taking care of me and still doing everything else as well.

in other news...

jon and yoshi just got back from a short florida visit where they went to see their father.

we close on the new house in richardson on the 13th! looking forward to getting in there and figuring out what we need to do to it before we move in.

later

well, it has been a long 8 days since i last posted.

i just drew this illustrator image our wonderful black lab mix, tasha. yes, it was all done with the left hand only (i am really getting good at the left-hand mouse) and i think it came out pretty well. she loves to curl up on this big floor pillow in our bedroom and that's what you see her doing here. either her or allie have started to chew up that pillow and it may have to be trashed soon though.

so, just how is my recovery from "the fall" going? well, i have been back in to the hospital for a ct scan and my shoulder doctor has proclaimed that the small bone fracture i have inside the shoulder will not require surgery! a small piece of good news in all of this mess.

there is still considerable pain in the hand. i go back to the hand doctor on the 6th to see how that is going and i am hopeful he will let me take off this horrble mess he has my hand and arm encsased inside.

this past week i did start working again after doing nothing for a solid week after "the fall". i almost put in a 40-hour week here in our home office doing updates to our 4 main web sites. it was very good to start doing web design again and being useful, even if i am slower than usual. i have a big project that i started right before all this, but i can't really start that again just yet.

once again, the family has been great and i thank everyone that has emailed or called to wish me well.

oy, and i also finally shaved...not an easy thing to do with the wrong hand.