With my wife recovering from hand surgery I had to play a role I haven't played before-being her left hand. She's doing well and realizing how valuable a left hand is even when you're righty. It took a few days but she's using her fingers more on her left hand. Below is the picture of the bandaged hand.
One of the things I've had difficulty doing is putting her socks on. I've had plenty of practice recently putting on socks for our 16 month old grandchild, but putting socks on an adult is a different story. I'm pretty sure I had trouble as a kid putting my socks on also. Below is the pair of socks that I have struggled with. I'm starting to get the hang of it. I'm just glad I'm not wearing those myself.
In addition to making eggs for the first time in my life, I've been refilling her water bottle, opening up caps on medicine, toothpaste, creams and also putting on a sleeve for the shower and a bathing cap too. Putting on a headband sounds easy, unless it's someone else's head. I was thinking of practicing on my mannequin's head.
Just when I thought it couldn't get more difficult she wanted to put on earrings. She put it in her ear, since I would have drawn blood, but I to put the tiny piece to hold it in. I dropped it a few times and finally was able to do it without drawing blood although I almost got myself. Below is the best picture of her ear I've ever seen.
One day I'm going to get practice being her right hand. I can't wait-it should be a lot of fun.
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