Jeremy's Knee Injury!

OK... We just got back from the doctor. His medial ligament is damaged but doesn't look torn. His meniscus looks intact. The problem is that his ACL looks blown and he broke his knee bones. It looks like a serious break. He has to be on crutches and a brace. Absolutely no weight can be put on that leg. The problem with that is he did not stay off of it this weekend. You can tell by the past posts that he went fishing, ran/hobbled down the street for 4th of July and pretty much did what ever he wanted. Hopefully he did not damage the bones worse over the weekend.

The doctor is concerned. He feels that it is a serious break and we are looking at life long problems if J does not stay off it. We will see the doctor in 2 weeks to see if the swelling has gone down and the bones start to heal. The swelling of the ACL tear will also need to go down before we can look at surgery. Surgery will probably be scheduled soon after that.

If the ACL is the only problem, then Jeremy will probably only need to be on crutches another week after surgery. If his meniscus is torn and needs to be repaired then he will have 6 to 7 weeks on crutches. This goes into school time.

We will keep you updated. :(