I finally am allowed to post again. I spent too much time in the upgrade penalty box.
The pictures above are Rachel's knee (the inside).
The following is a copy of an email I sent to some of you last week. I am putting a copy here for those of you who's email I couldn't easily find. I will comment further at the end.
Just wanted to let everyone know Rachel had knee surgery on Friday (Feb 23rd) morning.
She injured her knee playing basketball Tuesday night. She went down on her butt going for a rebound and as she turned over to get up she said her right knee slid out and she felt a pop.
Went to the emergency room and got her some drugs for the pain and an x-ray to see if there was any bone damage. No bone damage but the doctor thought there might be some cartilage damage and that the cartilage was stuck in the joint because she couldn't straighten her leg.
Saw an orthopedic surgeon Thursday morning and had an MRI that afternoon.
She has a "bucket handle tear" of her meniscus. It tears and a chunk of it goer into the joint and locks it. Her tear was a good candidate for surgery to stitch it back together. They did the surgery at 7am Friday and she was home by 10:30.
Surgery went as expected and she is doing OK, a little pain and a little depressed.
Rachel was lobbying for a removal. The recovery time on that is about 3 weeks compared to 3 months with the repair. The 3 month time line means she won't be playing soccer this spring (hard missing her senior year) but she will be ready for the fall season at college. She talked to her college coach and he said this won't effect her scholarship.
She is doing well now but she is already sick of the crutches and school is a chore. She can't drive herself so I am her chauffeur. The recovery is going as planned, but she is very depressed about missing soccer.
Pat
Just wanted to let everyone know Rachel had knee surgery on Friday (Feb 23rd) morning.
She injured her knee playing basketball Tuesday night. She went down on her butt going for a rebound and as she turned over to get up she said her right knee slid out and she felt a pop.
Went to the emergency room and got her some drugs for the pain and an x-ray to see if there was any bone damage. No bone damage but the doctor thought there might be some cartilage damage and that the cartilage was stuck in the joint because she couldn't straighten her leg.
Saw an orthopedic surgeon Thursday morning and had an MRI that afternoon.
She has a "bucket handle tear" of her meniscus. It tears and a chunk of it goer into the joint and locks it. Her tear was a good candidate for surgery to stitch it back together. They did the surgery at 7am Friday and she was home by 10:30.
Surgery went as expected and she is doing OK, a little pain and a little depressed.
Rachel was lobbying for a removal. The recovery time on that is about 3 weeks compared to 3 months with the repair. The 3 month time line means she won't be playing soccer this spring (hard missing her senior year) but she will be ready for the fall season at college. She talked to her college coach and he said this won't effect her scholarship.
She is doing well now but she is already sick of the crutches and school is a chore. She can't drive herself so I am her chauffeur. The recovery is going as planned, but she is very depressed about missing soccer.
Pat
4 comments:
I'm sorry to hear that she is out for the soccer season, but glad she is doing well and will be ready for next year. Tell her to hang in there!!!
Hang in there and keep thinking positive thoughts ;-) It'll get better very soon!
Please don't follow Pat's example of posting pictures if you are having a colonoscopy!
No pictures, so the video is OK?
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