Serious Inconvenience

It is very much broken, just above the knuckle. The bottom piece of the bone is still out of position, despite several extremely painful attempts by the doctor to yank it back into place. He concluded that the swelling is too severe now to move it, and I go back Monday to try again. He told me the anesthesia will be even less effective then. If he can't get it set right, we'll have to resort to surgery and put pins in to hold it in place.

Aside from the bitch of paying the $500 deductible on the temporary insurance policy I bought (good thing I got one though, since the total bill could go a lot higher), and the frustration of being sidelined from my basketball, tennis, and soccer teams for at least 6 weeks, this will also likely decrease my blog output, since one-handed typing sucks.

While waiting for my next post, enjoy these pictures I took before I headed to the doctor.


Note the fatness, purplehood, and the 30 degree rotation.

Yummy!