- Jan 18, 2010
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My brother is 3 years younger than I am (in his early 30's) and has enjoyed a successful career as a shipwright here in Minnesota. But today, a freak accident occurred which resulted in the loss of the fingertips of the two middle fingers of his right hand.
It might not seem like much, but the bone was crushed and the nerves badly injured, and the plastic surgeon had to amputate the two finger tips above the 1st knuckle.
Ship building and restoring wooden ships is all he knows -- the surgeon said that she expects him to make a full recovery and eventually regain almost 100% of the function in his fingers, because the surgery went quite well, but anybody who's been through a traumatic injury/accident knows that the surgery and hospital and ER and so on is just the tip of the iceberg.
If you're religiously inclined at all, or even if you're not, I would appreciate some happy thoughts/prayers/healing mojo/etc sent into the ether on my brother's behalf, if you would be so kind.
Thank you.
Whitewater
It might not seem like much, but the bone was crushed and the nerves badly injured, and the plastic surgeon had to amputate the two finger tips above the 1st knuckle.
Ship building and restoring wooden ships is all he knows -- the surgeon said that she expects him to make a full recovery and eventually regain almost 100% of the function in his fingers, because the surgery went quite well, but anybody who's been through a traumatic injury/accident knows that the surgery and hospital and ER and so on is just the tip of the iceberg.
If you're religiously inclined at all, or even if you're not, I would appreciate some happy thoughts/prayers/healing mojo/etc sent into the ether on my brother's behalf, if you would be so kind.
Thank you.
Whitewater
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