Last Wednesday Erick had surgery on his right elbow to repair the tendons he has
damaged in his years of swinging a hammer. From what I understand, they removed
the tendon from the bone, cut off the part with the scar tissue, and then
roughed the bone up so the tendon would reattach itself. They wrapped up his arm
and put it in a sling. It's not a cast, but it's big enough it might as well be.
He's starting to get used to having to use his left hand, but it's still tricky
for him. The kids have really been helping out a lot--cooking meals, cleaning,
etc. I had midterms this last week on top of that, so I've been busy with
schoolwork and haven't been able to help out much, either. Then, over the last
couple of days, I left for the Ministry's Wives Retreat (which was wonderful and
refreshing!) so the kids still had to do everything.
So today we're
giving the kids a day off. They deserve it for all the help they've been. I'm on
spring break now, so I'm not so busy. Erick isn't working right now (except for
at the church) because of his surgery, so he's here to help out as much as he
can. We are also going to get the kids something they've been wanting for a long
time--a pet. Today we're going to go visit the human society and see what they
have available. I don't know if we'll be able to bring home one today or not,
but we hope so. We'd like to find a small house dog. We want one that's a little
older and has grown out of the puppy stage, and that's already housebroken.
We've been looking online, but it's really hard to tell much from a picture, so
we're going to head out here soon and go see what they have.
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