So I'm about ten or eleven hours out of surgery, and I think the nerve block that they put in my leg has pretty much warn off. I am currently enjoying the CPM(constant passive motion) machine. Basically, it slowly moves my leg between straight and 40 degrees, and its pretty awesome at making my knee feel good. The Office is on and I think how i met your mother starts on fox in a bit, which I'm quite excited about.
So we drove up to Spokane yesterday, and it was clear until about Ritzville. After Ritzville it got very snowy, amounting to about a 40 mph climb into spokane. Thank God for the 4runner we are borrowing from a friend.
I had a good meal at Chilis, even though Honey Chipolte Crispers sort of have a tea taste. Afterwards I got to have a good work out. I have more to write about it but I will wait til after I describe some surgery stuff since I know thats what most people will read this blog for.
So, the surgery went really well. My doctor, Dr Kody, is a really good surgeon and a great guy to go along with it. He was really chill and relaxed when he was explaining the surgery and recovery. So, they put in a dead guys patellar tendon as my new acl, but instead of the 9 mm graft from my patellar tendon last time, this one is 12 or 13 mm. This extra thickness is supposed to help it be stronger. Kody was very pleased with how the surgery went. I am in less pain than last time since I didnt have my own body parts removed to make the graft. That is good, I can do weightbearing in like a week or so.
While Kody was in there, he took out the screws from the last surgery. He also found out most likely why I tore my ACL again. The upper screw was protruding out of the bone a bit, and the tear was a clean cut. So basically, the theory is that every time I straightened my leg, the acl would push against this screw(which is not dull by the way), til eventually, like anything pushing against metal, my acl snapped. This is disappointing but it`s nice to know that i really was strong, and didnt just blow the acl on my own. I have the old screws in a plastic bag. They are a pretty good size, but they are hollow on the inside with holes in each end.
Im home relaxing for at least the rest of the week, and Dr. Kody says in about 4 weeks I will feel like my leg is fine. That's a common problem with allografts(dead people grafts), people feel so good that they end up coming back too early, before the ACL is strong, and they retear it.
Im excited to feel better again sooner, but I cant ride a bike til 3 weeks post operation, so I will be in need of some cardio. Maybe I will do those arm bikes for a while or something, I dont know. Oh well, my muscle is supposed to return quicker since its just the graft healing and not part of my patellar tendon or hamstring. I'm also excited that I can move my leg around already, its not just limp like last time.
So thats enough about my surgery. If thats all you wanted to read then I guess you dont have to keep reading. I wanted to say thank you to all the people who prayed for me and will continue to pray for me throughout my recovery.
I finished my last workout of the year and decided it was a good time to pray, right in the exercise room at the Holiday Inn express, where 9 months ago I was eager to go out and play Pe Ell for the championship game. I realized that I keep saying I hope God uses me mightily through these tears, but in that I was very focused on MY LIFE being good. How will God make MY LIFE work out? And thats not what its about. I dont deserve anything in this life, to quote thrice again "can you hear now that everything's grace, after all. If there's one thing I know in this life, we are beggars all." When I committed myself to Christ, my life no longer belonged to me, but it became God's for him to work through me. That's the truth, so it doesnt matter how my life plays out as long as I live it for Him.
Now, on an unserious note, unrelated to ACLs, that I just keep forgetting to put in my blog. So I applied to Linfield a while ago, and had to put down categories in which I wanted to compete for a scholarship. I had to pick 3, so I put down Chemistry and Math, naturally, but I didnt know what to put for the 3rd. I saw, Music:Instrumental, was a category, but that if I put that I had to list what instrument I would be playing. I told my mom "Look, Ill just put electric guitar down, so they will look at it, reject it right off the bat, and I will get either Chemistry or Math. No college wants to here electric guitar for a scholarship hahaha." I got a letter from Linfield like last week or something, and yes, you guessed it, it was an invitation from Linfield's music department inviting me to participate for a scholarship. Ha ha ha ha, Crap. So I think I might just go record a few songs and submit them to Linfield, hoping for the best. I'm still hoping I get a letter from the chemistry of math department, but I might not.
Lastly, my senior pics came in, so i will post some soon. Ladies, I suggest you sit down before looking at them, wouldnt want anyone to pass out and get hurt just from viewing my sheer attractiveness.
You've been warned, and thats all for now as I sit relaxing at home.
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