Under the Knife!

So Delaney's knee has been hurting her

off & on for about 2 years.

We had taken her to the Dr before to

see what was up, but they just thought

she had strained it. So she'd rest it, and it

would feel okay for awhile but then it would

hurt again. When we took her in for her

physical for bball she told them it was still

hurting, so he ordered an MRI. It showed

a tear in the meniscus, so he recommended

surgery...

Here she is right after surgery.
The Dr was expecting to find a tear that
he could just clip off, which would be a fairly
quick fix and little recovery time...
but what they found was a tear all along
the meniscus. On an older person they
probably would have just clipped the whole
torn piece off, but since she's so young he wanted
to preserve as much cartilage as he could, so he
stitched it up (bottom left pic). Waiting for it to heal meant
there could be no weight on it for a "long time."
She could bend her leg, just not put any weight on it.
She also had a torn ACL, but he said it looked
like it was healing by itself, so he didn't repair it.
Here's her knee after about a week.
Still really swollen and numb.CRUTCHES!!

Here she is headed to the Dr.

for her check-up. She was hoping to be

done with her crutches - but no such

luck. He said she'd have to be on them

for 2 more weeks! She was not very happy

about that! She is SOOOO sick of crutches.

He also said her knee was numb because

there is a nerve there that was probably cut,

but in time it should heal and she'd regain

feeling again. I know this recovery will

take a long time, but I'm just thankful that

he saved the cartilage - that's good

news for the rest of her life!
He said she'd be good as new in a

few months!

Hang in there Delaney!