How do I begin to catch up? I guess I should just start with what I am currently doing. Which for the last eight weeks has been healing. On May 28th my husband and I ran to the store to pick up something for the next day. We where hurrying because the store was closing early because of the pandemic. The announced the store closing so we were on the way to checkout. I rounded a corner and was looking ahead of me to see where people were and stepped on a cherry that I had not noticed. My husband says I looked like I was attempting to inline skate as my left foot went ahead of me rolling on the cherry. I went down hard. I mean really hard. I ended up breaking my upper arm in two placed. I was hauled to the hospital in an ambulance because I was in so much pain. The end and ball at the top of the humerus had been broken off. No way it would heal without surgery. Did I mention I am right handed and this was my right arm?
I ended up having surgery on June 10th. Yes two weeks later. Before surgery the swelling had to go down and I had to be tested for Covid-19 before the hospital would admit me. I ended up with my arm strapped to my body for six weeks. It is amazing what you can't do when you can't use your arm. I know that if this had been permanent I would have had to learn how to cope but I am glad it did not come to that. Last week my sling was removed and I was given exercises to start rebuilding my strength. I am now working toward regaining use of my arm.
But without the use of my arm I was unable to do any sewing and I am unsure how long it will be before I have the strength to use my rotary cutter. I had have so many things I should be working on.
My goal this week is to see if I can pick up the project I was working on the day I was hurt and make some progress. Looks like I will need to work on UFO's for the near future until my arm is stronger.
Just so I have a pretty picture here are the blocks for block one of the Figtree Summertime BOM I had completed just prior to getting hurt.
