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On Thursday, I had an MRI on my left wrist. It has been hurting on and off for about 6 months, and activities like excessive typing, carrying heavy objects, opening jars, etc. aggravate it. I saw a hand specialist a few weeks ago, and he x-rayed it, but didn't find a break or fracture. He thinks it may be a tear in the cartilage (called TFCC), which would only show up on an MRI. I know nothing about MRIs, so I assumed that they could just scan my wrist by sticking my arm in the machine. But I had to change into scrubs and go completely into the machine and lay totally still with my wrist in this special cuff for 45 minutes. It was hard because I was really tired, and they encouraged me to relax, so I kept falling asleep. But I was really scared I was going to twitch or jerk and move my hand, so I tried to stay awake, which wasn't relaxing at all. The machine was incredibly loud and made weird noises (like an amplified ink-jet printer), but otherwise it was a fairly easy procedure. I visit the doctor to get the results on Wednesday. If it is a tear, I may have to have surgery to repair it. I hope that I don't, but I'll also be frustrated if he can't find a reason for the pain. I'll post the results next week.

Today, it's rainy and Kevin is feeling a little under the weather, so he's watching movies and entertaining the dogs while I do household chores. But we have great news: Trevor has been adopted! A couple with three kids came to meet him yesterday and loved him. They're very busy with sports and like to camp, so they wanted a little dog that they could take everywhere with them, and Trevor fit the bill (his super cuteness helped too!). They have 5 acres and an older dog, so Trevor should be in heaven. He needs to stay here until after his vet visit on the 6th, so we've arranged for them to pick him up on the 8th. It was in the 50s here yesterday so we took him and Gilmore for a walk, which they both loved.