sricheso

Thanks for the reply. Here is another development.

Over the past few days, my hand has gotten much stronger. Sunday afternoon, I felt strong enough to start up my lawn mower and mow the lawn. We had heavy rains and I also had to do a little shoveling (to prevent basement flooding). It went well.

However, Sunday night, my son left a little bit of water on the bathroom floor around mid-night, I slipped and fell whilst entering the restroom. I instinctively put forward my right hand to break the fall and some bleeding developed from the sutures. Now I realize my mistake.

The doctor gave me a plaster brace to immobilize my hand and had it wrapped in several layers of gauze. The brace was made specially to fit the contours of my hand and to prevent any impact to the sutures. However, the thing was excessively hot and I ended up taking it off at night and wearing my old wrist-splint instead (with a gauze underneath). So when I slipped, I had minimal protection. And it hurt so much, I decided to take the pain medication. That made me sleep until 11:30 this morning.

Anyway, I have learned something. It’s better to be hot and sweaty than risk an impact injury. So I am wearing that plaster brace all the time now.

Sincerely,

Scott