JUST A THUMB

Losing a function of the part of the body means making changes in the way you live your life. For many people who never experienced such loss this may be hard to understand. To better understand the challenge and changes we tried it yourself. Julia spent one school day without use of her dominant hand thumb (it was taped) . It did not seem like much at first, but soon we learned how challenging it can be to live without use of part of our body.

Without a thumb it was hard to write because I couldn't grip the pencil properly and it took about an hour just to write one page. At some point I switched to left hand because my right hand got really tired.	It was a huge challenge to eat with a fork because I had to grip the fork hard between 2 fingers and I found it easier to eat my pizza without trying to pick it up. I also had to use my left hand which is very weak.
The easiest thing to do without a thumb was typing since I could use mouse and my other fingers.	Some things didn't change as much, like catching and throwing the ball at P.E. It was little awkward, but I quickly adjusted.

The two hardest things to do without a thumb was my favorite activity; tree climbing. I found it hard to grip the branches and because of this almost fell. But that was only one hard thing the second is people staring at me and questioning me and some of them even had not so kind comments that could hurt my feelings. , I learned that it is important to adapt and learn how to work around the problem. Also, I learned that even if some things need to change, there are many things that I could do as well as before, such as having fun with friends, reading, and using computer I also learned an important lesson to be kind and not stare and make rude comments. Ever.