Best thing about WordPress is that site layout can be changed easily. Worst thing about WordPress is that site layout can be changed easily. You can lose hours getting sucked into looking at themes, tweaking newly installed themes, and then making new graphics for header images.
I just switched to a theme called Suffusion. Lots of options without having to edit the CSS files (which I don’t mind doing, but it’s nice to not have to use FTP to transfer files as they are updated).
The new banner image features (from left to right): Kasane, Prize, and Isis. I almost used an image of Logan kicking at Isis, except the color balance was off and didn’t want to be corrected.
I originally started this blog to write about the issues I’ve been having with my various medically challenged animals. Initially it was Basette with diabetes and Isis with insulin resistance. Over the years, I’ve written about every animal I’ve had because they have all had some kind of medical issue.
It means so much when someone leaves a comment. Maybe all of the work I do to document what happens with my animals actually helps someone else deal with the same or similar problem.
Knowing that someone found something I wrote useful makes my week.
The cut on my finger has completely healed over on the large entrance wound and the smaller exit wound. My finger is still a little swollen and I don’t quite have full range of motion back. However, the finger flexes enough to hold reins, so that’s all I care about.
I still can’t hold a pen and write very well, but that’s why I bring my portable and type. Or write on the white board with my right hand. (Being ambidextrous has come in very handy, no pun intended.)
The stitches came out last week on Friday. So far, everything looks good: healing clean without tendon damage. However, there is some nerve damage. The top and inside of my finger feels like it has a perpetual case of Novacaine-like numbness.
As the swelling goes down, I’ve regained a little range of motion. I can type again but I still can’t hold a pen very well in my left hand. I can write briefly — enough to address an envelope but not much more. The doctor said a few weeks for the swelling to go down. Possibly a few months for the nerves to heal.
My friends are now gigging me about not using knives to cook. Hey, at least they were sharp knives!
“I fought the knife, and the knife won…”
Or Stupid Human Tricks — cooking with Kim! Srsly. Don’t separate salmon patties with a steak knife. Use the butter knife that’s been run under hot water. Don’t get lazy just because the steak knife is there all innocent looking. It’s really out for blood. That particular knife never forgot when you used it to shred tape off of boxes.
Friday night last week I was getting ready to head up to Mom’s in the morning: packing clothes, confirming pet sitter, etc. About 10:00 I realized I was hungry and boy a salmon patty would be great. (See scenario described above.)
The cut was about .5 inch long, narrow, and clean (pictures are available if you are really curious — I document everything). The knife went through my left index finger at the base towards the inside of my finger and exited through a very small cut in between my fingers. Major ouch. Mom convinced me to head to the emergency room with the gentle voice tone of “You Are Going.” Something about uncooked fish, salmonella, and tetnus.
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