Praise the Lord for your healing progress. If you feel throbbing, try raising your arm at the elbow, it helps stop bleeding and lessen pain. Praying for a complete recovery! And be careful! We like having you here. :o)
With a serious hand injury, keeping the hand elevated keeps the blood from pooling in the hand and clotting because the circulation is poor. The elevation causes the fluid in the hand to drain out on its own under gravity instead of the heart having to pump it through.
I had carpal tunnel surgery last year and I had to keep my hand elevated for a full two days to help with healing.
I know a man who dropped something on his foot and had a crush kind of injury and he had to keep his foot elevated to allow the blood and fluid to drain out so that he wouldn’t loose his foot. If the blood had clotted in his foot, it would have stopped the circulation and the foot would have died.
Keeping the swelling down is critical in surgeries and injuries, especially where there is the potential for a lot of clotting.
Praying for you, Quix.