During the first week after it was operated on, he was very limited as to what he could do at work. One day his boss just sent him home. He went for a ride in the mountains. He ran some errands for me. He supervised a few visits for work. He took some time off.
During the first week, he also had a hard time helping with Jack in the mornings. I had to get Jack dressed and buckled in his car seat at 7 for James to drop him off at Maddie's at 8. Baby seats are nearly impossible with only one hand. On the day he had to go back to the doctor I called him to see how his appointment went and then also asked him how his morning was. Our conversation went something like this:
Me: How did your morning go?
Him: It was a little rough.
Me: What happened?
Him: Jack had messy pants.
Me: Oh dear. Did you just take him to Maddie's and say sorry that you brought him messy?
Him: No. It smelled really bad and I had to change it.
Me: How did you get him out of his seat?
Him: Very carefully. I think he's ok, but I probably shouldn't do that again for a while.
Me: How did you change his diaper with one hand?
Him: Plastic wrap.
The appointment went ok. The doctor said the infection appeared to be clearing up and he did not need to open it again to clean it out. He said to go 1 more week with the splint on, then 1 more week with no splint, but still wrapped up, then come back in for an appointment. At the next appointment they will determind if the torn tendon is healing itself or if it will need to be surgically repaired.
During this last week, James has been pretty much back to work and gave up driving the new car (automatic) for his regular car (manual) and he seems to be functioning just fine. I think it still hurts a little and hopefully he is not overdoing it.
That's the update . . . until his next appointment.
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