HAND UPDATE

A's hand is healing very well. He has therapy exercises he is supposed to do 4 times a day, but doesn't quite make that goal.

This is what it looks like now. Notice how the middle finger is curved? He can't straighten it at all and today we went to the doctor in Salt Lake and found out why...

This is an illustration of what he has. It is called a boutonniere deformity in his tendon. He has to wear a special splint for 6 weeks straight and hopefully that will take care of the problem. If he takes the splint off and lets that middle knuckle bend at all, we start the 6 weeks countdown all over again. Sigh... I guess it can always be worse..