Cut and Come Again

Richard isn't letting a little hand surgery stop him from playing the fiddle. We left early this morning for the hospital, and were discharged by around 11:00. The procedure went well, and didn't take quite as long as anticipated. A couple of short stops before leaving Brunswick (new reading glasses at Big Lots, a hot dog for lunch, and coffee from Starbucks) and we headed home.
As you can see, he hasn't wasted ANY time at all in testing out how he will manage with this huge bandage/wrap. We were joking that at least it was the bowing hand, and we could rig up some sort of little pincher claw to hold the bow... at least his left hand can still work the strings for the notes! I don't know how much actual playing he'll be doing as he recovers, there's no point in trying to tell him what he CAN and CANNOT do (I'd probably be just as independent).
The condition for which Richard has been treated is called dupuytrens. For all of our faithful readers out there, send some good healing energy Richard's way... thanks!