Hey all,
Sorry about the lack of updates. I got a really bad strep infection in my left thumb and haven't been able to work on the project since. I thought I had a normal cold and a sore throat because of that, but apparently I had a Strep A infection in my throat which somehow made its way into a tiny little scratch on my left thumb and 8 hours later I was in the emergency care unit having surgery to try and save whatever could be saved of my left hand. I got extremely lucky, they even managed to save the infected thumb! Although they did have to remove about half of the soft tissue and replace it with a graft from my forearm. Apparently a lot of people aren't so lucky, a high percentage of patients are forced to amputate and many of them lose not only the immediately infected body part but surrounding bits as well so... I was very lucky.
Sadly I had to undergo multiple surgeries, not only due to the transplant but to try and physically flush the infection out of my hand, and it has left me with reduced sensitivity and grip strength in my left thumb/hand, so mechanical work is going to be difficult for a while. I promise I'll be back with an update once I get working on the project again!
Cheers!
/Anton
