There are always enough purrs to go around, Dan - they're a self-renewing
source!  Many purrs coming that you won't need surgery.

Hugs,

CatNipped

Ouch. Well, at least you have good drugs... :)

Lots and lots of purrs for healing to occur naturally.

OUCH!  Healing purrs and birdie chirps you don't need surgery, Bob.

Jill

We've lots of purrs up here so some healing ones are headed your way.

--Kim and Crew

Surely we'll send lots of purrs your way, Bob, for your arm to heal without
needing surgical intervention!  Also, mega-purrs for the pain to lessen.  So
sorry this happened toyou.
Christine and Omar, Oreo, Midnight, Robin &Tucker

That is your kitty-petting paw, isn't it?  Multiple purrs that it will be
restored to full petting activity.   MLB

Bob, there are always spare purrs to go around for everyone in need.
Many purrs winging their way over the Atlantic for your hand to get
better without the surgery. Deepest sympathy, too, since I've had to
have hand surgery eight times.

There's no limit (that I know of) on purr requests ... Purring that you won't
need surgery, but also purring that regardless of whether or not you get
surgery, your hand regains its full strength and movement.

Yikes!! Purrs for a no surgery healing. That really sucks, Bob. So sorry
that this happened. Keep us posted on progress.

Purrs that you will heal quickly with or without the surgery Bob M.
Sounds like you have the pain management under control. <g>  My doctor
prescribes vicodin to me for my headaches, but they really don't seem
to make the pain go away.  They just make it so I don't give a crap
about it.  Maybe that's how they're supposed to work?

How will having to wear a cast affect your work?  If I remember
correctly, you're a Police Officer aren't you?

-bonbon

oh, dear. We will purr and pray that surgery will be unecessary, but if it
is, then we hope you come through it unscathed.
Jazz & his mama

Healing purrs are on their way.  I'll throw in some extra ones that you
don't need surgery and that you don't feel much pain.  Are you right-handed?
Even if you aren't, I learned just how much I use the other hand when I
sprained my left wrist years ago, so I know a lot of things are difficult,
on top of the pain and worry.

Joy

Oh no!  Healing purrs coming up.

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Healing purrs on the way. There are always enough purrs
for anyone in need.
Ann

I'm so very sorry to hear about your accident.
Lots of purrs and best wishes for your hand to recover, if possible, without
surgery,

Ouch, Bob!  Healing purrs on the way.

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Ouch.  I know what you are going through, having once both broken and
severely sprained a finger in a fall.  As I understand it, different
bones heal at different rates, according to the blood supply.  My
finger healed relatively quickly (two weeks in a cast, followed by
three weeks in a splint that I could remove when I wanted to wash my
hands), but a friend of mine once broke his forearm and had to wear a
cast for almost three months.

When the cast comes off, your hand will probably have stiffened from
disuse (the tendons shrink), and so you will have to go through
stretching exercises to get back the full mobility.

Also, you will probably find that any injured joints will be very
sensitive to changes in air pressure at first.  My finger joint
initially hurt if I so much as went up three or four floors in an
elevator, or drove over a hill.  This sensitivity will gradually fade
over time, although it may never go away completely.  My finger joint
now hurts only if I fly in a plane, or if a severe low-pressure area
(cold front) is about to come through.

The orthopedist told me that most joints, and also bones themselves,
have small air pockets inside.  If the outside air pressure goes down,
the bubble of air inside expands.  The change is small enough that you
don't generally notice it unless the tissue around the air pocket is
already sore.

Ow, ow, ow. Purrs for the broken bones to heal on their own.

Purrs that you heal.  A dying bone sounds like a bad injury to have!

Ouch!  Purrs for your broken hand are on the way.

Owww!  Major sympathy purrs for the pain, and preventative purrs to
avoid surgery!

Chris (who had a "boxer's fracture" in his right hand), Tripper, Katie
and Hazard (who have happily not had any broken kitty bones)

That's okay, Bob. I don't think Purrs are in danger of being rationed. =o)
Many purrs that the hand will be okay without surgery.  But if you have to
have surgery, I hope the discomfort and inconvenience to you will be
minimal.  Which it will, when you compare it to the lifelong discomfort and
inconvenience of having your right hand impaired for life.

Melissa

Purrs for your hand. I hope you can fulfill your duties to the cats
single handed. ;-)

OUCH!  Purrs on the way for the hand not to need "slice & dice".
Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe

Purrs on the way that you heal completely without surgery

Always plenty of purrs for those in need, though sometimes not enough
time to post them.