It's the first calendar day of Spring in northern Illinois. Some folks celebrate that it's spring... but let us not get ahead of ourselves, or of Mother Nature... a couple of years ago we had snow on April 19... that was about 4 inches of snow, if memory serves, and it was NOT pretty. (well, it was pretty, but the roads were ugly)
It is a lovely day, sunny with blue skies. There is snow still visible wherever it was piled up too high, but that may be gone today or in the next couple of days, as it is predicted to be near 60F.
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I had a mishap back in February, resulting in having a toenail removed by a doctor. Specifically the big toe nail on my left foot. (Gives the epithet "my left foot!" a whole new meaning.. *wink wink) That was an experience. I was concerned that it would be a painful procedure. The truth is that what really HURT was when the injected the local anesthetic...in both sides of the toe - 2 needle sticks that were really UNCOMFORTABLE...
Magically, after the local took effect I felt NOTHING. It never hurt, not even hours later. I find that really interesting, because they stick a tool that somewhat resembles a flat head screwdriver under the toenail and pry the nail off. To be honest I think that toenail was more than 50% off the toe before they began to work on it. The removal took less than 5 minutes, and the nail came away clean -nothing was left for them to remove. After more than a week I was able to graduate from soaking the foot to simply cleaning the area daily and keeping a band aid (okay 2 band aids) on the toe to protect it.
The nail is growing back nicely. That said it's a little creepy... the nail is not flat and smooth as it grows back. I did read about this being probable, so I am not too worried about. Hopefully once it grows back all the way, and continues to grow, it will begin to look/feel more like the other toenails.
This was caused by wearing shoes that were too small... I have 4 other toenails that are various shades of purple. Needless to say I will be trying on all of the shoes in the house, and any that impinge on that toe (with the removed nail) at all will be purged. I will donate those shoes, NOT put them in the trash. Almost every shoe I own is in good condition, with no damage that would prohibit donating them.
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I have found that I really like a young singer... he sings songs about his faith. His name is Jack Cassidy, and he is the son of Patrick Cassidy. Jack is a nephew of David Cassidy. One song in particular was shared by Jack's Uncle Shaun on Facebook... and I have been listening to it on repeat... Let Go, Let God...
I like to think that Lillian would approve, and that she would actually like this one...
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