Kyle's Knee Surgery January 2016

While Kyle was playing basketball at our gym he started to experience some pain in his knee. He doesn't remember falling or injuring it but the pain persisted for many months and while we thought it was just tendinitis it ended up being a torn patella tendon.

OMG yes I am posting a picture of my husbands butt lol It's not like the whole world hasn't seen it lol. He was striking a pose in his gown before surgery lol.

Before going into surgery...

After Surgery when I first got to see him....it was only suppoed to take 30 minutes for him to get out of anesthesia but Kyle was having such a hard time coming around that it took him 4 hours lol. It eneded up going great though and he is recovering well. With this kind of repair, which he had done when I many years ago on his other knee from our boating accident, take about 6 months before he can even start running or lifting weights again so he still has a long time before he can really feel the results.

Kyle loved driving around Walmart in this sweet ride while we waited for his pain meds. At one point he thought it was in reverse but had it in drive and ran right into some shelves HAHAHA.

He was still pretty worn out from the surgery for about a day and a half.

The next day at his post-op appointment. The boys we really interested in seeing the surgery site and everything going on.

The boys thought it was so funny to put daddy's knee brace on over their entire bodies lol

Kyle is still doing really well. We opted to do an experimental treatment during surgery that came out of pocket, so we are hopeful that his will help him heal well! He will continue doing physical therapy for a few more months.

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