Finger Mold

 Session one today was the cutting off of the cast around the finger. Now this surgeon did not want that thing to move. The finger man filled his waste bin with all the offcuts, layer after layer of padding. We got down to the actual finger which looked messy but alcohol swipes soon cleaned it up and some movement is already possible without pain.  A splint was molded out of a synthetic board that melts and reforms around any shape that you want. So instantly there is a hard shell that fits the finger perfectly which can be slipped on and off.  There are a lot of stitches still in there.

I count eight stitches

Naval Gazing

The second session today was more accurately described as "through the naval gazing". Some yar ago I was offered a film to take home as a souvenir of the extraction of my prostate. I said I did not need to see that.  So now there has been a revisited edition of that film. You could call it "prostate that was" with an appendix called "appendix that was' . So the doc is happily taking me on a tour of my insides. Here is where your prostate used to live. Look at all that scar tissue. Now I am moving your colon (:) out of the way so I can lasso what's left of the appendix.  There is a river of green muck here that is flowing down, see that.  Now watch this as I bag up the severed appendage and slip out this little hole.  He described it as acute and very fast spreading. 

The Sun has set on this saga

Deer Park Club

 This is a sprawling venue that we have used for birthdays previously. It is an effort to keep up with these 91 year olds and this time we had the conference room booked out for exclusive use. The whole place was going off and I don't think there was a free table. Huge screens were showing the World Cup and for the kiddies there are two play grounds, as well as face painting and balloon puppets.  I recommend the spare ribs. I had a half rack pork pack slowed cooked for eight hours or so.  We finished with birthday cake and a reminder about putting the date aside for a 100th in nine years time.

we are lumberjacks and that's ok
eat the food and run away

The Fickle Finger

 Yes the Fateful Finger has been pointing at us lately and for quite some time. How to get that finger pointing somewhere else?  Hospitals always take longer. It will be late in the afternoon they say, sure.  We got back around 8:00pm last night. As usual the surgeons change their story once they have had a look inside.  Last week it was unexpected puss and degradation, coating otherwise healthy organs which needed a good flushing. This week it is more damage than was originally thought.  I had to chase deeper he says, repairs were more complicated he says.  Good thing these guys know their stuff.  The whole arm has been immobilised. The affected finger is still comfortably numb.

She wanted to spruce the garden beforehand

how do you sleep with this thing?

the race is on

Finger Pointing

 Deja Vu was in full swing back at the hospital again.  I got as far as the preliminary interview room before going home to sit it out. Same pack drill, same questions, same answers except it wasn't for me. Debbie is having a finger gouged, straightened and plugged.  Now we were supposed to be on a boat right now but because we weren't this procedure was brought forward.  I was told to wait it out for at least 4 to 5 hours then do the pickup.  My fingers have plenty of buckle in the knuckle and are worse than hers but mine are not leaking. 

Eureka

 This is a Geelong pub that has a had a resurgence. It was fairly roughhouse back in the day.  This is the second time we have been here in a month, so it can't be too bad.  I recommend the guiness pie complete with peas and mash.  I tried to get one of these the first time around and on this occasion there were plenty available. Four of us at $35 per head including drinks, can't get much better. We took a look upstairs at the rooftop bar. This would be your nightclub venue of an evening with plenty of leather couches and a huge bar. We should go back and pretend we are on a cruise ship right now.

lathered in leather

Aerial View

It has been calm as here for a few days and if it is pleasant then the gardening overhaul must continue. A neighbour bailed me up while I was coming back from the beach and announced he had found another gardener (me) for the cause. He was told this area was off limits so he went on his way.  We are going to borrow the neighbours green bin. They have artificial grass for one thing and its an airbnb as well so that bin has never been used. I have the new designs from above.  Moving tons of rocks around is more like landscaping than gardening.

It is hard to compare this still scene with the wind scene