Glad to hear you may recover full use. I once cut 95% of the tendon that straightens up the bent thumb. I was pretty wigged out for a while, but then decided to let it go. It would heal or not heal, like the doc said. It healed.
As for shaman scars on the chest. I once blocked our great horned owl into her jump box so she could not bounce out. I was late rigging the birds for a school program and was not allowing her to take her time climbing up on glove. She lept up, hit me in the man-boobs with both fully extended sets of talons. Luckily she only was bluffing and bounced off without gripping down. Had she gripped, I would have an impressive set of Sun Dance scars!!! (She lives the saying "Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on MY part.)
