Knees, drugs and volleyball

I know, you're wondering what these 3 things have in common. Well, Lisa is what they have in common.

Lisa was playing volleyball a few months ago at the Church and went to plant her left foot and felt a tear in her knee. OUCH!

She came home and knew something was wrong. She made an appointment with her Dr. who scheduled an MRI. The MRI confirmed what she really, already knew. ACL tear. Dang it! No more softball this year. She was officially placed on the disabled list as of late June. (Pat had to attend a few games with her after her injury to make sure she didn't sneak out on the field).

Well, all this culminated in an ACL re-construction surgery for the "Star Pitcher" of the Lady Saints.

4:30AM Thursday, Sept 2. - Lisa gets out of bed and starts getting ready for her "Big Day".

5:15Am - Pat struggles out of bed.

6:10AM - We arrive at the surgery clinic, check in and pay the deductable. Please President Obama, make my health care free! On second thought, never mind. We're not on welfare, so we're considered part of the "Wealthy" class of America and would have to pay at least 50% of the cost, plus 25% of the cost of the welfare case that was there also. Dang rich people!

7:00AM - Pre-op for Lisa.

Ain't she beautiful?

8:20AM - Lisa starts getting her anesthesia. Sorry, I can't tell you what she was telling me between the start and when she went into surgery. (Only about 3 minutes), but just let me say she was quite the little chatterbox.

8:26AM - 10:45AM - Lisa surgey, Pat waits, and waits, and waits. Pacing the floor. Concerned for his wife. I was on pins and needles the whole time.

10:46AM - Dr. Mitnik comes out to tell Pat, "everything went great".

11:30AM - Pat gets to go back to the recovery room. Lisa had to stay in recovery until 3:30PM because she kept forgetting to breath. She was still coming out of the anesthesia and every time she would fall asleep, which was about every 30 seconds, she would "forget" to breath and her oxygenation % would go down below 88%. The Doctor said she couldn't go home until she could keep it above 90%. Finally, about 3:00PM we wheeled Lisa out to the curb in a wheelchair.

3:30PM - We arrive home and get Lisa set up on the sofa.

She has to wear a brace whenever she isn't on her CPM.

Hooked up to the Cryogenic Thermalizer Cooler-

Offer The Leg/Knee Machine Thingy.

Every 4 hours. Happy Times. Lisa's drugs.

Day after: She is actually doing great. She is being pretty good and staying off her feet and letting Pat do things for her. We'll see how long that lasts. She had several people send flowers and wish her a speedy recovery. Thanks to everyone. We'll keep you updated via Facebook.