Small Steps

Went to the doctor Wednesday.I have tp now wear a controlled brace.Hey, it's like having a robotic arm-COOL!Eat your heart out Anakin Skywalker-hahahah!! Still a little limited in activities though.I did go back to work.I managed to be able to play my bass guitar so that is a plus.Lookung forward in the next few weeks to get beaten up at therapy.The doctor wants to keep it braced up because he wants to let the tendon heal for a good six weeks.Healing.

The Gargantuan Day(big)

Today I go see the doctor for my follow up exam and see where do we go from here. MYy sleep patterns has gotten all messed up because wee, Ihaven't been very fatigued so Idon't get alot of sleep so I'm awake most of the night reading watching a movie or History channel.
The thing that bites is having all of this time off and having limited abilities.
I think I'm ready to go back to work.
Ithink I'm ready to get my right arm back thank you very much.
But still it was kind of nice having time off.
Wait and see.

P.S. I had coffee at Starbucks the other day with a good friend boy it was sure nice. Hadn't had Starbucks in a while

Healing...

It's Monday.
The arm is a little sore.But I'm still plugging along in the healing process.
Trusting God.
Trusting in Him although the wrappings are still on.
Trust in the unknown.
That is the test.Finished a new StarWars novel last night. A good one.Getting a lot of sleep.So, I keep on healing...to be continued.

Cookies and juice,cookies and juice...

Alright!Praise God! My surgery went very well.The said the tendons were already forming scar tissue so he took care of that to.The incision was at least an inch wide.I remember talking to the anastesiologist-(try that word for spelling bee-ha ha!)about where I worked and then I remember waking up in post op- man that's good stuff.Then wheeled me into a reclyner in another room and got me cookies and juice-and-coffee!You gotta understand I had NOTHING since nine p.m. the day before so they were awelcome sight.
Cookies and juice,cookies and juice!...
That was the going joke Leah and I were using while we were WAITING for the doctor to arrive.
She was hungry,I was hungry,It was after one.
So I adopted that as my focus-my goal-cookies and juice,cookies and juice!
Well,here Iam at home-healing.Praise the Lord.
Oh,in case I miss anyone,thank you for your prayers!

Reunion

I just found out that I had an old friend found my blog.Cool ,way cool.Chuck and I go way,way back-dare I say a galaxy far,far away-nyuk nyuk nyuk.
It brings me to think of it like in Return of the Jedi.The "old"gang(Luke,Han and Leia etc.) were reunited to rescue Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hut.Narrowly escaping impending doom upon themselves and Han, they escaped, got Han and went on to help bring the Empire to its knees.As the "expanded universe" will atest,These guys stick together through the worst no matter what threat befalls them and the galaxy.It goes beyond the blood ,sweat and tears they shed.
They suffer together.
They triumph together.
That is what God desires for us in our relationships with each other.
He desires this with us.
Intamacy.
Not the mushy definition we get too accquainted with,The deepness closeness,that hundreds of miles can't obliterate.
That kind of intimacy.
Abraham had it.
Noah.
David had the heart of intimacy.
How we treat our friends,our spouse, our kids can reflect how we are toward God.
This is something God is still working on me and I haven't always mastered.Most times I've screwed up royally.
But I am a project under construction-not done-yet.
In the meantime,welcome back Chuck!

Under the Blade

Friday,I'll be having out patient surgery for my gimpy right arm. A ripped tendon is the cause.I'm thankful that I'll be getting it done so it can heal sooner.It's been quite the challenge.The body of Christ is the same way.When one part suffers,it sets the whole system off balance.That's why we need each other.Why we laugh together,cry together.Worship together.
Suffer together.
I'm praying for a speedy recovery and yet remaining patient upon God .
That's the challenge within itself.
They'll be putting me out for this 45 minute surgery.Man,the last time I was under anaesthetesia-or whatever you call it was third grade!I'll feel like Alex the lion getting hit with all those tranquilizers in"Madagascar".Awesome movie-the penguins were the best thing for me.
Yes Rico-KABOOM!

The Gimp

Well, here I am sitting atthe pc.I either strained or ruptured a ligament at work in my right foreman. So I am trying to type with one arm. Not too bad though-althogh the splint and the sling are driving me nuts;the arm doesn't really hurt at all except if I jerk a little then it tightens up a bit.I feel the healing process has already begun and God is not finished with it yet.I will see the doctor today to get the final analysis-but for now I am the gimp.