Things Happen!

Much has happened since my last post a week ago.

It started on Dec. 8.  We had ordered new bowling balls and they came in that day and we went to have them fitted and drilled that evening.  Before we left the house I had Roger take a picture of me with our Christmas tree.  (I was having a good hair day.)

Around 9 PM the balls were done and we were given an alley to practice.  I got 7 pins on my first throw and got a spare on my second throw. As I was watching the ball roll down the alley I backed up and as it hit the pins I backed into the ball return and fell backwards onto my butt and tried to catch myself with my left wrist.  I knew something was wrong when I stood up and tried to pick up my ball and realized I had no strength in my left hand.  I didn't think anything was broken but because a massive snow storm was predicted to start in the middle of the night I decided it might be smart to go to the ER which was just 2 miles from the bowling alley.  It was the right  decision.  My wrist was broken.

They put on a soft splint and told me to go to the orthopedic doctor the following week once the roads were cleared of the snow that was coming and come it did.  It started in the middle of the night and snowed most of the next day.  It was a record breaking snow for NC.

 
We were snowed in for three days.  I went to the doctor on the 12th.  Surgery to put a plate in my wrist was recommended.  I was told it would give me more flexibility in the future and that it would be a shorter recovery time.  They scheduled the surgery for the next day which was yesterday.  I had the surgery at 4 and was home by 7:30.  All went well and I am in no pain.  I was told to keep wiggling my fingers and that using a keyboard was good exercise so I decided to do a blog post.

I'm so glad it was my left wrist that broke because I was still able to paint.  That is all I did on those three days we were snowed in.  I finished a peacock painting I had started a few day before and did a Pretty and Prickly painting from start to finish.  Here are photos of both.

Roger took advantage of the time to design a stained glass window that will go in a window in our entrance hall.

I'll post pictures when it is done and installed.

I have one more painting to show you.  This is the last tray I painted in MI.  With all that was going on with the move I never posted a picture of it.

 
I think my fingers have had enough exercise so I will end this post now.  I'll do a Christmas post soon.