Yup good news!Originally Posted by scoobyark
I appreciate it!Hope all goes well.
Nope no cast!
Good news! There was a concern that he could have torn the ligament that holds the knee cap in place, but so far it looks like it's intact! He's also been given the green light to put as much weight on it as he can tolerate, which is good. He's now in a brace they usually put football players in, and what I see people wearing after knee surgeries. Apparently he's the smallest person that the doctor has ever fitted for one.All crossables crossed! ^_^ I hope he at least gets a fun colored cast that can be covered in doodles! Good luck with the doctor and the crutches! I know when I was on crutches I wiped out a couple of times, but nothing too bad. Just hurt prideMostly it was when I was goofing around in the house. I was always really careful outside or when I went anywhere, and if I wasn't I had people making sure I was ^_^ I'm sure he will get the hang of them pretty quickly.
Right now we're looking at 4 weeks minimum. So he'll be keeping it straight for two weeks and after that he'll hopefully go to limited movement with the brace still on. He may still need some physical therapy, but all in all I'm hopeful he'll be good as new. Thank goodness kids heal so quickly.
I can't tell you all how much your support helps. I feel so much better now that we've got a definite plan on what to expect.
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