Sunday, July 1, 2007
Knee Surgery
I've got to throw a picture of myself in once in a while, and thought this was a worthy occasion. I broke my knee cap on June 18th rounding first base after a base hit in our softball game. I stopped a few feet past the bag when I rounded, and my new cleats caught the dirt EXTRA well and my knee twisted, dislocating my right knee cap. I of course had to finish the final 4 innings ( I'm your typical, macho, stupid guy) The result, I broke a chunk off of the back of my knee cap, and some bone off of my leg where the knee cap got hung up. The MRI showed no tears anywhere, so all of the bone fragments (big and small) were removed and the spots where the bone had broken away from was cleaned up. Dr. Jones also did a lateral release, which involved cutting the ligament on the outside edge of my Patella so that the Patella is better aligned and will hopefully prevent future problems. Surgery was Friday, June 29th & it went longer than expected, but well. I have the best at home nurse in the world in Amy, and Zach has been great help with fetching things for me. In the picture I'm enjoying pumping some more ice water into the pack around my knee the evening after surgery.
Posted by Andy, Amy, Zach and Abby at 9:32 PM
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2 comments:
OUCH! I was getting light headed reading this. Good thing you have a great lady taking care of you!
Andy, you're such a happy patient! Probably because you've got the hottest and sweetest nurse around! Hang in there!
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