We just returned home from our first physical therapy appointment. They removed Art's thick surgical bandage and replaced it with a splint. You can see it has navy blue straps, but I just want everyone to know that I wanted the neon pink straps as they would have been more festive.

Art says that the splint feels better than all the bandages; his hand can breathe now and it's not as tight. He also has some excercises he has to do. He has to bend each finger at each joint with his right hand every hour (or thereabout). This will help prevent scar tissue from forming and allow his full range of motion to come back. The physical therapist said that the motion he already has in the pinky is "fantastic" (that was her exact word). Art is so afraid of tearing that tendon again (as he should be) so he doesn't want to over-work it. He will go back to the physical therapist three times a week for the next few weeks and she will give him more exercises to do as well as adjust the splint as needed.

*T.M.I. ALERT*

Art decided to stop taking his percoset, which is fine because his pain isn't bad and he does just fine with ib profen (plus, the ib profen won't make him constipated). He's also not keen on the antibiotic even though I have been giving him acidopholis to help with any stomach upset. Well, I forgot to give it to him the last two days and last night he had some trouble. He said it was like he "...was constipated and had the sh*ts at the same time." I don't know how this is physically possible, but that's what he said.