We went to see the orthopedic hand surgeon this morning. I trust him completely because he was born and raised in Ontario before moving to Michigan in highschool. I love Canadians and who better to fix the hand my Canadian husband?

Art is all set for surgery tomorrow- we have to be at the Ambulatory Surgery Center (which is just off the Interstate so we don't have to go find parking downtown. Best part? Free parking!) at 7:45 with his surgery scheduled to start at 9:00. The doctor said it could take 3-4 hours so I'm prepared with my book as well as my study guide for the board exam I will take next month. Art will be under anesthesia- a first for him- and he is not happy that he won't be able to eat and drink anything after midnight. I told him just be thankful your surgery is first thing in the morning or else you would have to go all afternoon without eating.

The doctor said Art should make a full recovery as long as he does what he is supposed to do, like not push it with work. With the tendon damage there is also some nerve damage in his ring finger. The doctor is hoping to repair that, but as it's only on the inside of the finger between the ring and little finger he's not too worried about it. It's an 8-12 week recovery which Art balked at, but the doctor put it plainly telling him if he pushed his hand too hard, he'll feel that tendon pop and then we have to do the surgery all over again. I think Art heard him, but I'll be sure to stay on his case. Art will also have to do some physical therapy, but a lot of the excercises he can do at home.

So Art went to work this afternoon to try and tie up some loose ends. He figured he couldn't hurt his hand anymore and even if he did, they will just fix it tomorrow. I couldn't really argue with that logic so I let him go.