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Rise and Shine in the Dogpound off to the QuickCare clinic. The RN tried I will not let what I cannot do interfere with
to find the splinter by looking through the what I can do.” – Edward Everett Hale
Dogpound pain scope they use on your ears…nothing… our fellow brothers and sisters that have
then she got a big magnifying glass with
[Our thoughts and prayers go out to
multi-light bulbs …still nothing. Then just
to be sure…she got a needle out and poked been impacted by Hurricane Harvey. Help
By Walter “JR” Wilson around with that to see if she could uncover in any way or manner.]
anything. Zero results, but it still felt like
ello and welcome back to my flower beds and remove a bunch of something was in there…so you put me TRY HEAVEN
the wonderful world of the goldenrod plants that were not supposed to on some antibiotics and told me to soak
HDogpound. I hope you had a nice be there. So I am deep into one flower bed my thumb in Epsom salts several times Toward the end of a particularly
weekend…I am just starting the weekend and one plant refuses to come out of the a day. Good news is that the swelling is trying round of golf, Jack was the picture
as I write this article. Actually, my holiday ground. I lose my grip, and my hand slides gone, along with most of the tenderness… of frustration. He’d hit too many fat shots.
weekend started on Thursday when I had up the stem, gouging a large splinter into so hoping in a few days it will be back to Finally he blurted out to his caddie, “I’d
the opportunity to attend the first football my left hand thumb. It went right through normal. Normal? I actually say that with move heaven and earth to break a hundred
game of the season for my beloved the glove and stuck out a good 1/4 inch. tongue in cheek, since this is the same hand on this course.”“ The caddie replied, "Try
Buckeyes. [Note…I was born and raised It was in deep and it took some effort to that is suffering from “jar-thumb.” Yes… heaven. You’ve already moved most of the
in Ohio before I left to find my fortune dislodge it; which, I have to admit, was not it is an actual medical condition…look it earth.”
and fame. Further Note…still looking for a pleasant experience. I thought I got it all up…and despite my doctor’s assurance that That is all I have for today. As always
both. LOL] Since I knew I would be all but in the morning the thumb was all red it would go away over time…I still have be good, do good, play safe and remember
tuckered out after all of that yelling and and blood came out of the puncture at the it. It is a weird condition…since I can feel that our true reason for being here is to help
screaming…I took Friday off too, which slightest push. I tried sucking on my thumb tenderness in my thumb when picking up others. JR
would allowed me extra time to recover so [Hey…it works! You create a vacuum and a file at work but I can lift weights and not
I could enjoy the long Labor Day weekend. try to pull the splinter up to the surface of feel a thing. Now, I do have to be careful
[Note…this is being written on a beautiful the skin.]..even tried the old "put tape on it to make sure my hand is fully engaged…
Saturday afternoon.] So, with some free and hope the splinter sticks to it when you trying to lift using just my fingers or trying
time on my hands, I decided to get into pull the tape off" trick. No success….so to shut the car door with just a few fingers
can cause some pain. It is not a sharp pain,
but it is an aggravating pain…sort of like a
sore toe…it just keeps reminding you that it
is still there.
Find the answers to the
THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK crossword puzzle on page 15
“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot
do everything, but I can do something. And

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