and the stories continue...
one thing we did DAILY during our walk was EAT SUGAR CANE! yum!
it's possible that many of you gringos have no idea what i am talking about... or what this would look like. there are some photos, worry not.
mark carried along a ginormous machete on the walk. as big as a child's leg. he'd swing that thing along, and every time i'd mention the desire to have some sugar cane, he'd whip it into place and start chopping away at the plantations. (we walked thru sugar cane farms most days!)
towards the end of our insane journey, my jaw became very tired... chomping on canes of hard sugar ain't an easy job, let me tell you.
so my dear husband had a splended idea!: he would peel the cane, then cut bite-size pieces for his wife (awwwww)... tricky stuff, when you think about it: to hold sugar cane in your hand and trust your ability with a machete!
genious move: bite-size piece sugar cane are a miracle for us TMJ patients!
not-so-genious-move: cutting your index finger with a machete!
so off we go to the emergency room on our LAST DAY !
4 stitches later, we are back on the road for the final 10 miles of our journey! (yes, he continued walking after the brutal cut!)
we went for a cut-check-up last week and, low and behold, mark cut his tendon and sensory nerve... i thought the lack of sensation and movement was due to swelling, oh but no!
so he will have surgery on friday. yes, surgery! can you believe it?? all because my jaw was sore after 10 days of sugar cane! ... what a man!
pics that tell the story:
pre-surgery cast
4 comments:
I so did not need to see a picture of the cut and stitches...Eeewe!!!! Hope the surgery goes well and that Mark is soon well on his way to recovery!
LOL!! I am laughing... not at the situation, but it just sounds so Mark... we'll pray for the surgery to go more than well and sensation to return faster than expected! Mark - be careful!!
True True! It is SO MARK! :) lol! Love the photos!
We will be praying for Amy too!
Glad your nose picker is still working! Hope you get your feeling back or you might poke your brain! Danny was concerned about nerve damage when he heard about it...I just thought, "Ah, it's Mark. He will be fine."
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