Thank you kind people who have asked about my hand after the accident on Sunday.
Actually it is recovering very well. There is still a wound on the joint and the finger is swollen but it’s all working properly and is generally almost back to normal (I thank homoeopathy and reiki for this fast recovery)
An old hand, a wrinkled hand, a practical square hand, a left hand, a useful hand once again
Which is just as well as this morning I dislocated the middle joint of the little finger in my right hand
I was walking Bonnie and Duna and taking special care of the recuperating left hand so that when Duna pulled suddenly on the right, the lead caught my little finger and CRACK! Again some instinct took over and I held the finger tightly and heard another crack as it slipped back into place.
But it hurt and I had to hurry home with two confused dogs under strict control as I couldn’t risk them pulling again.
Here it is now – very swollen, black and blue and agonising if I catch it by mistake on a coat. It doesn’t look that bad does it? It feels weird though – more than the pain – it is a hand slightly separate from me
It wants lots of sympathy so I have now tied it to the next door neighbour for protection and laid it on a cushion to be photographed
Quite hard taking photos with only the three remaining fingers of the left hand and they are surprised to have so much asked of them so soon after being squashed in the van door. Tying the bandage was easy with two fingers and my teeth.
What is going on? What next? Is it a coincidence that I visited the mystery candle shop last week and bought a candle to help answer the question
‘what is the work I need to do here?’
More about this to follow soon….
“When the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art” Leonardo da Vinci
Ouch ouch ouch ouch – your poor fingers!!! It never rains but it pours, not always true fortunately but you are really having a hard time at the moment. It must be so difficult to do anything at all. Hope everything recovers quickly xx
On dear. I don’t want to titter but in our family we have a thing about stubbed toes and fingers. But my goodness, it does sound as if you are all thumbs these days. There is a message there, and only you really know what will ultimately be heard. I will tell you that The Wild Elephant project is featuring hands this week, have a look over here if you want to read about it:
http://lifeunity.com/wild-elephant-project/
and until then, do be careful as you are running out of hands!
Oh my goodness gracious me! How utterly horrid!!! Your baby finger looks really very painful. I can just imagine the dogs, wondering why they are suddenly in trouble…poor all of you. TAKE CARE of yourself, m’kay?
Oh, so sorry to hear this!