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Another Knee Update

// April 21st, 2010 // 1 Comment » // General, Health

I’m happy to report that Craig is nicely recovering from his knee surgery. On Saturday he had a bit of a set back when Kacey decided she just had to see what the delivery woman had brought for Craig to open. Unfortunately neither of us remembered to keep her away from his leg so she managed to put her paw right in the middle of all his sutures. It caused so much pain that even the pain meds weren’t helping.

When the pain didn’t go away on Sunday he was worried that the tendon had been ruptured, so he called his doctor who assured him that as long as he was able to lift his leg that it was probably just irritated. By Monday afternoon the pain had gone down quite a bit and today he is moving around a lot better. He has an appointment next Wednesday to have the sutures removed and we are both hoping that this will be the end of all his pain. I’d like to send a big, big thank you out to Don, Pete & Mom for all of the last minute help in getting mom out to the house to take care of Craig this week.

Knee Update

// March 10th, 2010 // No Comments » // General, Health

Craig's Knee

It has been about a month since Craig started his physical therapy for issue with his knee and unfortunately he said that it’s more painful now than it was before he started. You can see where the “crack” is in his x-ray. The doctor told him that it’s common for this to happen but it’s not common for the piece to be so long.

He had a follow up appointment with the doctor last Friday and has been put on an additional type of PT for two more weeks. I’m not exactly sure what it’s called, but I know it involves wires and a device that has a dial that goes from 1 to 4. The doctor took his x-ray to the surgeon, who said that he would not touch it and that he should see a surgeon that specializes in knee injuries. So after the two weeks of PT he will have to get an MRI done so a different surgeon can look at it and see what has to be done. We will let everyone know when we know more.