We arrived at the surgery center to discover that the first surgery of the day was more involved than expected and they were only on surgery #2. Mike was scheduled to be the last surgery of the day (#6). We arrived at 10:30 am and he wasn't wheeled back into surgery until 3:15 pm! It was a looooong wait, but it was made a little easier by the visit of one of the ministers from church and Angela & Jayden. The surgery itself took less than an hour. Dr. Conway came out to visit with me and Angela and let us know that the surgery went great. After a while we got to go back to recovery to see Mike and help get him ready to go home. Since they cut out the torn cartilage rather than repairing it, he was in much less pain than his surgery 2 years ago. He got dressed and we were headed home by 6:00 pm.
Tonight has been spent keeping Mike's ice pack full of ice and making sure he takes his pain pills every 4 hours. When I got home from an ice run, I was excited to see him able to put a little weight on his leg! He'll still go thru some physical therapy, but hopefully the recovery from this surgery will be MUCH quicker than last time.
Thank you for all your prayers during surgery today!
7 comments:
Thats great to hear! Sounds like he has a wonderful caretaker too!
I am so glad your surgery is over and went well. I will be praying for a speedy recovery.
Love,
Gmommy
We are praying for a painless and speedy recovery- keep the updates coming... love you!
Glad the surgery is over. Now, maybe you all can stay well and in one piece the rest of the year. Mike, take care of yourself, and take it easy. Those boys need you to hunt ducks with them. :)
Mike I am so glad your surgery is over and pray you will have a speedy recovery.
Thankful everything went well.
Rest easy today. Keep the ice on your knee and keep it elevated. We need you back 100% so we can start the football games again!!!
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