"Handy" helper

The little one is fantastic..

Small hands
Not turned off by flaking dry skin (which Jr. refers to as boogers!)
Willing to help daddy...

24 more hours to go.

I have never looked forward to anything like this before in a long time....

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Pink is the new orange....

In an interesting turn of events, ended up in the hospital and got a new cast.

This one still comes off on the originally planned date, September 21st.

the adventure continues...

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Relief comes in many colors

Done with doctors appointment. 4 more weeks with the new cast and it comes off on 21st September.

They believe that the wrist is severely sprained but will heal by itself and no additional surgery will be required!

We were all very relieved to hear that.

The kids wanted a pink cast. That would have been a big distraction wherever daddy went. So we settled for florescent orange...a color that goes well with the badge and it is approved by Jr. and the little one.

The kids have been mentally prepared to handle fractures and surgery, thanks to this experience. They know that at the end of all this, everything will be okay.

A smile, after recasting. Still have to be on the drowsy painkillers for another week though..and very much dependent on others for lots of everyday things, so it is going to an interesting day tomorrow!

WARNING: LAST PHOTO AND VIDEO MAY NOT BE GOOD FOR ALL KIDS WHO HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE WITH THEIR SHARE OF BEING PSYCHED..
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Finally did end up with the long cast, which is surprisingly very light weight. Technology is amazing!

A big thanks to El Camino Medical and their entire staff for treating us nicely.

This will be the last post on the broken arm. Have seen San go through this stapling twice, but this is the first time in my life I have had

a. a fracture
b. open surgery
c. staples and staple removal

and being a kid at heart, beat it to death.

Regular blog posting on more interesting, funny and amusing topics will resume ....

ps. Have joined DPS Forum and am really thrilled with that!

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A big thank you

A big thanks to everyone for the wishes, cards, sweets, and cheers!

Getting back to normal, slowly.

Have lots to write about, but the typing is slow and painful. For now leaving you with some pictures taken by the 3 yr old on the iPhone.

It is her turn to take secret photos and videos of daddy!

They are all taken at two feet above floor level and are blurry, but they are definitely great secret photos, from a three year old.

finally the dangers of having a kid walk around with an iphone.

I am sure she was trying to look at the boo boo's on my knee!

This post took way too much time, hence the reluctance to blog..

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Software anyone?

Is there a software that you can invoke from within a text editor that will let you speak into a mic and it will transcribe the words on the notepad/outlook window/blog editor ?

interested in buying one to speed up things. typing with 2 fingers from left hand too slow. looks like this will be the status for another six weeks from this week.

iphone is easier than full keyboard(because it auto completes unfinished words), but is still slow. by the time the words are put to keyboard the train of thought is gone!

if anyone knows of such voice recognition software drop in a line

thanks

ps. hitting ctrl alt del is a pain..is there an alternate 1 or 2 finger shortcut?

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