1 files changed, 16 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/src/x-ray.txt b/src/x-ray.txt
index 19c03e0..b04cf1c 100644
--- a/src/x-ray.txt
+++ b/src/x-ray.txt

@@ -18,27 +18,23 @@ project:
      link: writing
 ...
-While chopping a tree in the woods with his hatchet (a Christmas gift from his
+While chopping a tree in the woods with his hatchet (a Christmas gift from his mother) a bird he'd never heard before cried out.
-mother) a bird he'd never heard before cried out.  He jerked his head up and
+He jerked his head up and to the right as the hatchet fell down and to the left.
-to the right as the hatchet fell down and to the left.  It cut deep into the
+It cut deep into the back of his left hand.
-back of his left hand.  A low thud didn't echo in the forest because all the
+A low thud didn't echo in the forest because all the needles and snow absorbed ~~sound well~~ the sound.
-needles and snow absorbed ~~sound well~~ the sound.
-When he got back to the house his hand wrapped in the end of his shirt he
+When he got back to the house his hand wrapped in the end of his shirt he still felt no pain.
-still felt no pain.  He called for his mother and found her watching TV in the
+He called for his mother and found her watching TV in the main room.
-main room.  He stayed in the kitchen not wanting to get blood on the carpet.
+He stayed in the kitchen not wanting to get blood on the carpet.
-She turned around cigarette dangling from her open mouth said "Oh god what
+She turned around cigarette dangling from her open mouth said "Oh god what happened."
-happened."
-She drove him to the hospital in the car.  The radio stayed off the entire
+She drove him to the hospital in the car.
-way.  Paul wanted to turn it on but ~~he didn't want~~ the desire not to annoy
+The radio stayed off the entire way.
-his mother was stronger.  They drove in silence.
+Paul wanted to turn it on but ~~he didn't want~~ the desire not to annoy his mother was stronger.
+They drove in silence.
-At the hospital after the X-rays and stitching and pain medication
+At the hospital after the X-rays and stitching and pain medication prescription the doctor said "You got lucky, son.
-prescription the doctor said "You got lucky, son.  If that axe had hit a
+If that axe had hit a half-inch lower you'd have lost your hand.
-half-inch lower you'd have lost your hand.  You won't get full mobility back
+You won't get full mobility back because we had to tie the tendons, but with therapy you should be able to work it pretty well."
-because we had to tie the tendons, but with therapy you should be able to work
-it pretty well."
-On the drive back home all he could think was that he was glad he didn't hit
+On the drive back home all he could think was that he was glad he didn't hit his writing hand.
-his writing hand.

diff --git a/src/x-ray.txt b/src/x-ray.txt index 19c03e0..b04cf1c 100644 --- a/src/x-ray.txt +++ b/src/x-ray.txt
@@ -18,27 +18,23 @@ project:
18	link: writing	18	link: writing
19	...	19	...
20		20
21	While chopping a tree in the woods with his hatchet (a Christmas gift from his	21	While chopping a tree in the woods with his hatchet (a Christmas gift from his mother) a bird he'd never heard before cried out.
22	mother) a bird he'd never heard before cried out. He jerked his head up and	22	He jerked his head up and to the right as the hatchet fell down and to the left.
23	to the right as the hatchet fell down and to the left. It cut deep into the	23	It cut deep into the back of his left hand.
24	back of his left hand. A low thud didn't echo in the forest because all the	24	A low thud didn't echo in the forest because all the needles and snow absorbed ~~sound well~~ the sound.
25	needles and snow absorbed ~~sound well~~ the sound.
26		25
27	When he got back to the house his hand wrapped in the end of his shirt he	26	When he got back to the house his hand wrapped in the end of his shirt he still felt no pain.
28	still felt no pain. He called for his mother and found her watching TV in the	27	He called for his mother and found her watching TV in the main room.
29	main room. He stayed in the kitchen not wanting to get blood on the carpet.	28	He stayed in the kitchen not wanting to get blood on the carpet.
30	She turned around cigarette dangling from her open mouth said "Oh god what	29	She turned around cigarette dangling from her open mouth said "Oh god what happened."
31	happened."
32		30
33	She drove him to the hospital in the car. The radio stayed off the entire	31	She drove him to the hospital in the car.
34	way. Paul wanted to turn it on but ~~he didn't want~~ the desire not to annoy	32	The radio stayed off the entire way.
35	his mother was stronger. They drove in silence.	33	Paul wanted to turn it on but ~~he didn't want~~ the desire not to annoy his mother was stronger.
		34	They drove in silence.
36		35
37	At the hospital after the X-rays and stitching and pain medication	36	At the hospital after the X-rays and stitching and pain medication prescription the doctor said "You got lucky, son.
38	prescription the doctor said "You got lucky, son. If that axe had hit a	37	If that axe had hit a half-inch lower you'd have lost your hand.
39	half-inch lower you'd have lost your hand. You won't get full mobility back	38	You won't get full mobility back because we had to tie the tendons, but with therapy you should be able to work it pretty well."
40	because we had to tie the tendons, but with therapy you should be able to work
41	it pretty well."
42		39
43	On the drive back home all he could think was that he was glad he didn't hit	40	On the drive back home all he could think was that he was glad he didn't hit his writing hand.
44	his writing hand.