In the Wars

Today both Levi and I were in the wars.  Levi was playing on the new exercise bike, which he loves but he was getting tired tonight.  He slipped and whacked himself, both on the back of the leg and also right where Funniest Home Videos would have thought it was really funny.  Levi, however, saw less humour in the situation.  I was a bit with him as he did actually hit hard enough to rip off skin.  Suffice to say there were many tears and after I put cream on it he finally went to sleep.

I had a bit of a different fall and it may well have unexpectedly good consequences.  It is still impossibly humid here and raining on and off, so every surface has a layer of mould or green slime on it.  If you don't pay attention all the time, green mould is incredibly slippery.  So when I was picking up Levi from After School Care today, I slipped on the slime and landed hard on my right hand and knee.  That right thumb has been sore since I tore a ligament sledding.  It has had significantly reduced movement and the strength is really low.  It was getting to where I was going to have to do some thing about it.  When I fell, I felt something in my thumb break and it hurt like you wouldn't believe.  It has swollen back up again and is sore like the first couple of weeks of the injury, but it works!  I think I must has ripped apart an adhesion that was holding it back.  Even swollen and sore, I have more strength and more movement than I have had for about 2 months.  I am excited to see what it will look like in a few days when the swelling goes down.  I think I was very lucky.  That said I had better go and clean up my knee. 

On the news now, they are talking of all the animals that need carers because their homes and/or parents have been destroyed by flooding/cyclones/fire/whatever else Australia dreams up.  Other critters in the wars.  My Mum is going to try to look after baby echidnas (puggles - what baby echidnas are called).

Are these not the cutest things you have ever seen!  This is not ours yet but I really hope we can have one to love on for a while.  It would shed a bit of positive light into what has been a gruelling few months for everyone.  Jo would be perfect too.  She has lots of time and can lavish love on this little spiky thing!