Post-surgery photo

If you're prone to a weak stomach, you may want to pass this post right on by.... I know I have trouble with things like this!

Dr. Bink will talk with us in detail about the surgery when we return for the suture-removal 14 days after the surgery. So far, Elijah is eating and drinking well, sleeping a lot...and starting to look really bored. We hold him and cuddle him when we can, but I think he wants to be up and playing. Fortunately, he knows his limits well enough right now and isn't really ready to be running and jumping just yet.

As for me, I've found myself with some enforced no-knitting time after a mis-understanding between Horatio and me. He turned to grab his rubber toy and instead got my thumb. Unfortunately, when a ferret is scared, they clench their jaws down, instead of release! All four fangs sank into my right thumb. When Randy helped me get Horatio free of my thumb, Horatio slipped and his fangs sliced across the palm of my left hand. The hand is annoying, but the thumb is the worst. It's been numb on the tip since the incident.

I tried to work on cleaning the oven out last night and managed to get my thumb bleeding again. Since then, some of the dead skin has begun to toughen up. Where the skin splits, it catches on sweaters and other things. So, I'm trying to keep it covered now.