I'm Chia Wald and this is my blog. Here is where I share my thoughts and my art. Sometimes it is good, sometimes it isn't. That's life... and that's me. 
It actually hasn’t been all that bad with splinted thumbs. Every day I get better at using my fingers and finding ways to do what my thumbs use to do for me. I’m already two weeks into this little adventure and I’m quite sure I’ll make it out the other side still smiling. After all, I still have my thumbs. 
The colored tape arrived so I can now alternate between beige, teal, hot pink, and neon green. When I placed the order green wasn’t an option so it was a nice surprize to open the box and see that it had been sent as a replacement for the purple.
I’ve been working on cleaning up the craft table. It was mostly piles of paper and small items that I could deal with, even without thumbs. Now that I have some space I’m itching to sit down and play. I just need to figure out something that won’t get my splints all messy and doesn’t call for a lot of cutting. I’m not very good with scissors right now.
Thanks for all the comments and well wishes. Each one has brought a smile to me.
Stumble it!
6 responses so far ↓
1 CeCe // Feb 7, 2010 at 9:02 am
Glad to hear you are getting along nicely.
Seems to me some enterprising crafter out there should come up with a solution for cutting without thumbs!
Hey, if you want to give Hybrid a try or Digital embellishing-I do recommend Jessica Sprague.com. Her one free video I took was absolutely the best, thus far. The others I have used left me feeling like I was ” all thumbs” at times. Smile. You can download a free trial of Photoshop Elements.
Love the illustration on your blog today.
2 Kim Johnson // Feb 7, 2010 at 9:18 am
I am so glad you are getting better! And thank goodness for that colored tape. Buck is currently sporting camouflage green. Funny though, it’s not hiding anything!
3 JO // Feb 7, 2010 at 3:34 pm
Glad your feeling better…a thumbs Up!!
no pun intended,Chia..did alot of the
swelling go down yet??
4 chia // Feb 7, 2010 at 4:32 pm
Thanks for the comments, guys. Jo, yes, the swelling has gone down quite a bit. Size and shape wise, the left thumb looks fairly normal. It was the least injured and the one I was able to free without having to open the ladder a bit. The right thumb is quite a bit smaller but still pretty misshapen. Who knows, maybe it will always be. Only time will tell. So far the nails haven’t fallen off so maybe they will stay. I see the doc this Friday for more x-rays to makes sure things are healing well and I’m not expecting him to be disappointed.
5 Judy B. // Feb 8, 2010 at 2:23 pm
Glad to hear that thumbs are on the mend!
Judy
6 Suzanne // Feb 9, 2010 at 7:13 am
Chia glad to hear you are healing well. You’ll be back to crafting in no time.
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