Whoops!

Well, the hubby had his first post-op appointment this morning and it was rather insightful. Apparently I didn't fully grasp the fact that he'll be recovering for quite a while. It's been nearly two weeks since the surgery and he was told not to go to work until they could see his progress at this appointment. Thank goodness they finally got those awful staples out of his knee today! I thought he'd be much better after that, be able to work out some stiffness and have to head back to work on Monday. Boy was I wrong! They told him that he can't go back to work for another month so that he can regain his full range of motion and THEN start back to physical therapy. WOW! That's a lot longer than I expected. I feel bad now because I've been getting onto him for not doing very much around the house and not attacking his "to do while you don't have to work" list. lol The poor guy shouldn't be doing any of it! I certainly got my reality check today and will definitely be more sensitive now. I felt sooo bad though!

This is a picture of his xray. It shows how out of place his knee cap was. 

That was only one of the problems they had to fix.

My poor baby's knee after surgery.

I need to get a picture of what it looks like now.

Knee Surgery

Well, the hubs had his surgery today. They found that the tear in his miniscus was larger than they thought, but were still able to fix it. Thankfully there was no lasting damage to his knee cap and he should be back to tip top shape in a few months. He'll be off work until the end of the month and that's not making him sad at all. lol I'm glad I'm off today and tomorrow so I'll be able to baby him thoroughly. He's not in much pain at the moment, but I'm expecting that to change by this evening. He's so strong. I can't believe he lived with such a big tear for so long. Definitely another reason why he's my hero. :) Off to go fill his prescription!