2 Minutes & 8 Seconds of Fame

It's been about a week and a half since my husband's knee surgery. He is doing great and getting anxious to get past the next 4 1/2 weeks. His doctor was very happy with how the operation went. I was relieved the minute I saw the doctor's face. He had a completely different expression on his face after this surgery than he did after the first surgery.

I've posted some images of his surgery and knee after surgery. Do not click on this link if you think you may not be able to handle the interior images of my husband's knee. They aren't for everyone.

http://picasaweb.google.com/radavis78/AdamSKnee?feat=directlink

I am amazed that this donated cartilage and mixture of adhesive and probably some other stuff. The hole where the cartilage was missing was the size of a quarter wide and 1/2 and inch deep. Who knows if this would have been catch before my husband was in major pain if he hadn't been running a year ago and kicked his leg out which popped the cartilage loose. We are thankful things are working out for the best and he'll be back on his feet in time for the arrival of our first little one.

Since this procedure is fairly new and my husband's was the 2nd surgery performed in Michigan, he was interviewed by the local news. Click on the link to view the news clip.

http://www.wxyz.com/mediacenter/local.aspx

Scroll down to the Health Edge section.
Click on the "New Option for Knee Surgery" story.

Obviously I am bias but I think he did a great job on the interview after everything he was going through right after his surgery.

It's been a challenge to get into a new routine at home. We get up at 5 or 5:30 and start the day. If you have never been on crutches before, you may not understand how difficult it is to do things for yourself. Most of the difficulty comes from not being about to carry anything. I started going to work earlier since I am up and because I can get home earlier to help my husband after he's been home all day by himself. Not only is he focusing all his energy into work to take his mind off his knee, he also busy spending time on the range of motion machine we have at the house. It's not the most comfortable thing to lift off the ground but we are managing between the two of us. As of last night he was already at 83 degrees of range of motion. He's doing so great. It's not the easiest thing in the world to rely on others for simple things and be patient with recover from something like this. I am so proud of him.