Knee Surgery

A few days after arriving home from Omaha, Daryl went to an appointment with a knee specialist. His knee had been bothering him off and on, but it's been getting increasingly worse. The doctor twisted it and moved it to see what he could find. Dr. Sharpe told us that Daryl had torn something in his knee and the only way to fix it was surgery. He said it would be out-patient surgery and Daryl would need to stay off of it completely for the next two days, and then be on crutches for a week or two.
The surgery was done this past Friday at a surgery center next to Banner Gateway (the new hospital). While he was in surgery, I left to fill the prescription for his pain pills. The entire procedure took about an hour, and then they monitored him for another 30 minutes or so before letting him go.
Shortly after we left the hospital, we road up with some of his family to the cabin for the weekend. Don't worry, I was a good little wife and made sure he didn't get off of the couch unless absolutely necessary. (If you know Daryl at all you know that this was no small task.)
Friday night and Saturday morning were really hard for him. His pain medicine wasn't helping at all. After talking to the doctor, and working things out, I was able to give him something a little stronger. We love percaset!! (however you spell it). He fell asleep for a few hours Saturday evening and woke up a new man! He didn't need much medicine after that. We rode home in his parent's truck Sunday afternoon.

He's still on crutches some. Yesterday and today he drove himself to work (in spite of my protests), and worked in the office on computer stuff. He has a follow-up appointment next Wednesday, the 2nd. I'll keep everyone posted.

Now, I just have to make sure that he doesn't over do it. I swear he thinks he's invincible! Even Superman has weaknesses.