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Unreal Weekend
October 30, 2006Okay...since I don't have the link to write blogs saved on my parents computer in Fort Worth....I'm going to take this space to update you in a few things.
Some of them are stranger than fiction.....
Dad's Knee Surgery
So two weeks ago...my father had knee replacement surgery to fix his chronically bad left knee. About 20 years ago he tore his knee up playing church league softball. I remember seeing it clearly in my head and it's one of the things that scare me to this day.
My dad is impervious to pain. He always has been. I'm not sure if it's the stubbornness that runs deep in our family, or his pain threshold is much higher than most people.
But I remember that night he tore his knee to shreds as vividly as any. I was watching the softball game at the park in White Settlement. Dad was running the ball in from left field, trying to hold both runners at first and third base. All of a sudden...he twisted one way and his leg didn't.
He went down like he'd been shot. I remember hearing him yell in pain and that still chills me.
A few days later, he had surgery to reconstruct what was left of his knee. They had to remove the meniscus....which is one of the vital ligaments holding your knee apart. Medical history pretty much says that when that particular ligament is removed...you're heading for a knee replacement in about 15-20 years.
Well...the surgery was successful and he's doing pretty well all things considered. He went back today to have the staples pulled from his knee, and that should help with some of the pain and discomfort.
He's even got a physical therapist coming over to help him bend his leg. It's a guy...which makes me think of nothing else but the episode of Seinfeld where George gets the massage from the guy and freaks out.
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