Update II

Word is, my sister may be somewhat distracted at the moment (Hi, Granger!), so I decided to help her out by finishing her earlier work. You're welcome.

little sister, bigger surgery

My little sister went under the knife today to either fix or remove a torn meniscus (depending on what the doc finds in there). I'm guessing she should actually be out of surgery by now, but she could probably still use it if people sent some love her way. Have a quick recovery, sis!

(Note: I realize that in the clever graphic I created, the phrase "please stand by" might seem a bit ironic and cruel in this situation. No pun was intended, and given that my only alternative image showed a puppy unplugging an electrical cord (i.e.: pulling the plug), I thought a monkey eating film was the way to go.)

BIG TOE, little surgery

I got part of my big toenail removed yesterday due to it repeatedly becoming ingrown. Don't worry, I don't actually have any gross pictures to share. Just one of my toe in a bandage. The blood spots are from the anesthetic injections.

I was really stressed out yesterday because the idea of removing the right side of my toenail just creeped me out and because I kept waiting for pain to set in. Well, it turned out that it never got too painful at all (about as unpleasant as a strong itch) and when I got a look at it while changing the bandage the wound turned out to be pretty minimal. So in the end I feel a little sheepish for limping around all yesterday, although I guess its nice that the limp wasn't justified.