Pinky Surgery

Tuesday morning after I finished the night shift, I went to the gym to play basketball. It was a great morning of ball. Unfortunatly, on the last play, I tried to steal a pass and my right pinky finger took the full force of the ball. It was not a normal jammed finger.

Long story short ... the finger doctor says it's a pilon fracture. She compared the injury to a pharmacist crushing medication. She also said my finger is like a "bag of sand" and she's afraid of opening the finger during surgery.

The bottom line is I'll have two pins (external fixators) inserted to the finger to create tension so the joint and finger can heal as best as possible. The finger will be out of commision six weeks. The two pins will be on the outside of the finger.

November 4 @ 10:45am is when the out-patient surgery will take place.

Say a prayer for my right pinky :-)

The Pumpkin Patch

Jill and I were both bummed to see the jumphouses at the Pumpkin Patch. We wish it were just the pumpkins and nothing else. The kids aren't interested in the pumpkins ... just jumping. Oh well. That's all Mille wanted to do the whole time.

Erick kissing the pumpkin.

Emma and Ben enjoying the pumpkins.

Jill and I got a big kick out of this lady. Everyone is taking pictures of their kids except this lady ... she was taking pictures of her dogs.

The only shot we got with all four ... and Ben wasn't looking. Mille escaped after this shot and bounced around in the jump-house the rest of the time.

Here are a few shots from back in the day. Here's my cousin Kelly and I after Grandpa bought us some Halloween masks. I think I'm Frankenstein.

Emma kissing a pumpkin goodbye back in 2002.

Emma, Ben and their friend Abby back in 2002.

A Picture Story About a Boy