Keith's surgery

A few months back Keith had an accident at work that injured his knee. His doctor told him he could try and live with it or it would require surgery. He tried to see if he could put it off for a bit but after a game of basketball he realized that if he wanted to resume any form of sports he would have to have the surgery.

So Wednesday morning, Stacy, my sister, watched the kids while I took Keith to the Spectrum Outpatient facility. We checked in and got set up into one of the rooms. His nurse came in and told him he would need to put on his gown and they would start he I.V.  The color of the gown was his favorite :)

Let's do this!!

Getting weighed in and Id

Gown model

They were really cool gowns. They had a hook up that could attach either warm or cold air that would circulate over the body. Where were these during my hospital stays?!!!

Look closely and you will see Keith's sticker his nurse gave him to make his gown more masculine :)

But that didn't last long because the next step was shaving his knee - I requested to have both entire legs done

But she did add "tights"  :)

Oh and the anesthesiologist added some "accessories" to Keith's stickers :)

The patient doing well and having a little breakfast

This pop is really good - and so are the drugs

The doctor gave to give me a report after his surgery and showed me some pictures of what they found inside. He told me the original "hole" in the cartilage was smaller than they thought. But while he was in there the camera caught some fracture lines on the backside of his knee cap and the knee cap was off to one side by about an inch and a half. So he released some tissue and moved in back into alignment. The doctor didn't think this would affect the recovery at all but the fracture lines will have to be something we keep an eye on. But we were sent home with some fun contraptions.

The ice cast that can be pulled in to constantly bring ice cold water to the knee

Another fun machine that that sends little "shocks" to the nerves and veins around the leg to help with swelling and pain. He is also in a CPM machine that flexes his leg for 8-`12 hours a day.

We are so thankful for all the prayers and support we have had and ask for continued prayers for quick  healing. Life has been a little stressful this week but hopeful that things will slowly get better as he heals.

with love from the zoo