The medial meniscus had a very slight tear, so the doctor put a couple of stitches in it. The lateral meniscus had some tearing and damage and the doctor basically had to "trim" that torn portion of the meniscus. His ACL was completely torn through and therefore the doctor had to completely reconstruct his ACL.
Danny isn't in too much pain. He has to keep his leg elevated and iced. He is also on percocet and in his words, "it makes me loopy." He's pretty out of it and kind of tired. He will be on crutches for a couple of weeks and we will see the doctor again next week.
As for the other surgeries, because his right knee is asymptomatic we are waiting to see how it handles all this weight for the next few weeks to determine whether or not to have surgery on it as well. The doctor says that if it isn't bothering him, he probably shouldn't get it fixed (in fact we've had 2 doctors suggest that); so we are going to make sure the extra work for this knee - while he is on crutches - doesn't bother it at all, and then possibly forego the surgery on the right knee. We just want to get the surgery done this year (because of the deductible being met) if he is ultimately going to need the surgery anyway. We will be praying about it to make sure we do the right thing. The shoulder surgery is scheduled for 3 weeks away (we might move that date back, depending on how this knee recovers).
Anyway, thanks to all who have expressed their concern.
3 comments:
I'm so glad it went okay yesterday. Poor Danny! (And poor you having to now deal with the kids on your own all day long for awhile.) We'll still keep him in our prayers that recovery goes well. Thanks SO MUCH for the update.
Glad to hear all is well (relatively speaking). Hope BYU golf day goes ok!
I'm glad everything went well! :)
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