Eric on the Mend

Boy oh boy . . . what a week.

As most of you know, Eric had an accident with an angle grinder while he was finishing up the demolition on the kitchen on Sunday night. He's on the mend right now, thanks to a great surgeon named Charlie Sullivan. Here's a picture:

He came highly recommended, and really took his time with Eric before the operation on Wednesday. Here's a picture of E before he got put back together:

He was in surgery for 2 hours, and Dr. Sullivan came out with the following news. After a full exploration of his injury, he discovered that Eric completely lacerated 4 tendons, (these were fully repaired), partially lacerated 3, (the first one was repaired to 75% of is original functionality, the second was repaired to 90% functionality, and the third was repaired to 50% of its functionality--which he quickly mentioned was okay, because there were two other tendons that could do the same job.



As for his nerves, he completely lacerated 2. He has numbness on the front of his first finger and thumb, and may or may not regain sensation--but has full mobility and use.



Here's Eric this morning:




On the road to recovery . . . I'll keep you all posted as to how things are going. The boys will be over today for the first time since the accident, and that'll be good for Eric to see them.