Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Kyle's Latest Adventure

Kyle had surgery yesterday on his right shoulder and they went into the left knee again because it has been locking up since the last surgery.  They also drained a bunch of fluid off of his right knee.  Dr. Mattsson is 72 years old and said Kyle's shoulder had the worst impingement he had ever seen so I imagine he has seen a few in his years as a doctor.  This means the bone and the rotator cuff had no space between them.  They had to grind about 3 mm off of the bone so it could move freely.  His knee had a hole in the meniscus and a tear in the muscle on the side of his knee.  We have no idea how he managed to do that in the last 9 weeks since the last surgery.  His knee will need to be completely replaced in about 3 years or so.

It was a long day yesterday.  He didn't even go into surgery until 6:15 last night.  They got him settled in his room a little before 10:00.  He hadn't been able to have anything to eat or drink since the night before so he was a little hungry to say the least. 

The numbness has worn off of his shoulder and now the pain has hit.  He is miserable and it could be a really long night.

Kyle's night in the hospital

Kyle was glad to get back home to his girls

She never sits on my lap.  I've been thrown over for Kyle.

Kyle's baby standing guard