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Post #9 of Personal Project 52 weeks.

It has been quite a week. Mattias started the week sick and puking. Noah was sick and puking by Thursday night and all day Friday. For once, I was spared. God knew that I would need my strength for something different.

Art sustained a work injury on Wednesday. He called me on his way to the ER at 9:00 AM. His hand was hurt in a forklift accident. He was calm and coherent so I didn’t think that much of it. He couldn’t tell me anything. Was he in pain? Yes. Did it look bad? Yes. Honestly though, I thought he’d be home in a couple hours. Or at least I could pick him up on my way to Mattias’ doctors appointment.

A couple of hours later he called again. He was on morphine for the pain. He had been sent for X-rays. They were bringing in the hand specialist and he would be booked for surgery at 8 PM. Yikes. Surgery. Two broken fingers and a crushed knuckle. We quickly headed out to see him.

Forty-five minutes for the surgery, they said. And of course, the surgery was delayed. I’m glad we decided that I should go home for a good night’s rest because surgery took 3 1/2 hours and then not back in his room until 2:00 AM.

The prognosis is that the knuckle is shattered. Like cornflakes, the doctor said. He spent 1 hour trying to put back together the knuckle. The other breaks will heal. But he will likely not have use of that one finger.

It could have been worse. Much worse. For that we are so thankful. Praise the Lord for He is good. We continue to rely on Him for all our needs.

* Art with his club. It’s a pretty soft club. Tensor bandages and gauze. There appears to be some kind of splint to hold his fingers and hand in position.

* Salad for dinner. This one is from the cover of the summer issue of Kraft Canada. I hoard these magazines for the eye candy. Just looking at them makes me drool. Made my own dressing.

* Mattias. Such an easy laugh. He brings us so much joy. He is especially goofy at the dinner table.

* Art modeling the dish brush (pre-injury). De Laval farm dish brush. They last forever. We are doing a fundraiser for the Aldergrove Church kitchen to sell them. You can own one for $13. We are also selling commercial glassware. This stuff is really nice, super durable and really affordable! We got GREAT prices on it! Order some for yourself or as a gift. It will last!

* Parsley. It’s taking over my garden. Not really but it is really lush and thick. Like I wish my grass looked.

* Art’s meds. Every 4 hours.

* Raspberry shortcake and blueberry shortcake. From Krause Berry Farms. I need to know how to make this. Yes, they have a mix for the shortcake but I’d like to make it from scratch. The raspberry one is particularly yummy.

* Dill flowers are so pretty. But letting them bloom kills the dill. Oops.

* Another salad inspiration from Kraft Canada. Except, I just used lemon + olive oil for the dressing. And fresh herbs: parsley + cilantro.

Up next, full post of the newborn session with Caleb.

~ K