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Findings are in keeping with a complete anterior cruciate ligament tear.

High grade partial if not complete tear of the medial collateral ligament is also noted.

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injured oct 22 2011
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prehab ongoing
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patience… nov 30 2011
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allograft dec 6 2011
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surgery dec 12 2011
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day 1 dec 12 2011
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day 2 dec 13 2011
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day 3 dec 14 2011
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day 6 dec 17 2011
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day 8 dec 20 2011
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day 10 dec 22 2011
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day 17 dec 28 2011
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day 22 jan 02 2012
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day 30 jan 10 2012
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day 37 jan 17 2012
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Morning after surgery - blood and bandages
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Findings are in keeping with a complete anterior cruciate ligament tear.

High grade partial if not complete tear of the medial collateral ligament is also noted.

day 2

For the surgery they gave me an injection of morphine in the spine, which required a couple of things.. to stay in the hospital overnight and get a catheter.. long story short – morphine in the spine is as good as you would expect and…

I am Home and Sore!

Staying overnight introduced me to three very nice people.

A 41 year old gentlemen who worked shipping and receiving at the port who went head first into the boards playing hockey. He was paralyzed for 24 hours from the neck down and has been slowly regaining feeling and motion throughout his body.

A mother, with four children who broke her leg clean in two skating with santa!

An older gentleman, in his early 80′s who fell and broke his hip which required a titanium rod to be hammered and screwed into his fragmented hip.

That was an eye opener. I have it pretty good.

I am happy to be home, to be able to relax and eat some home cooked meals – my three hospital roommates are still waiting for the day they get to do the same.

I should have an update about the surgery tomorrow.

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