pre surgery stuff

Hey everybody! This is gonna be a blog where I talk about my recovery to a fully functional left knee. I figured this would be the best way to keep everyone up to date instead of asking me in person and me having to say the same thing over and over. So this is gonna be the best place for any information you want about my recovery from acl surgery.

You're probably wondering how I destroyed my knee in the first place. Being a baller, I of course was playing basketball when it happened. I jumped off my right leg, kinda like a hop step, and landed on my left leg. I don't know exactly what happened, but I'm pretty sure I felt it hyper-extend. All I know is that it was the worst pain I've felt in my entire life and that something was definitely really wrong with my left knee. I'm still wondering why it happened since I've done that move a thousand times during my basketball days and there's no real reason why my acl decided to rip this one time. This happened on Tuesday, February 8. I went home for the rest of that week and had a meeting with my doctor on Friday. He said I had a definite mcl sprain but he wasn't sure about the acl, but if he had to guess, he would say I also tore my acl. I went back to Taylor on Monday and Tuesday, then drove back to Indy after classes on Tuesday for an MRI. I learned on Thursday that I tore or partially tore every ligament in my knee - torn acl and sprained mcl, lcl, and pcl. I also partially tore and displaced my lateral meniscus. Given the pain and swelling I had after the injury, the amount of damage I did was not too surprising. So ever since then, I've been leading a normal life, only one of my two acls is currently flopping around in my left knee. Surgery is currently scheduled for March 14, but I am trying to get it moved up to March 7 or 8 for two reasons: one, an earlier surgery means I can start the recovery process sooner and two, that is Lydia's spring break, so she could keep me company while I'm a vegetable on the couch :)

I think that's it for all the background information of what's already happening. I'm currently doing some pre operation exercises to make my knee extend/flex. I'm also searching for a reason as to why God decided to let this happen. I'm still not sure, but I'll keep praying about it and hopefully He'll enlighten me. I just gotta trust that this is part of His master plan for my life. But it stinks right now because being active is such a big part of my life and now my summer is not gonna be like how I wanted.

Anyway, I think that's enough for my first post. I probably won't say much more until after surgery because nothing exciting is going to happen. After surgery is where I'll see all the progress. So stay tuned!