Stephan had his achilles repaired yesterday. You may think he recently injured himself. In reality the injury occured when he participated in a "turkey bowl" football game on Thanksgiving with his brothers & cousins. Stephan thought he had strained his lower calf muscle & could rehab it himself. So up until yesterday he has been hobbling around, skiing (twice), and snowmobiling for 6 weeks without his achilles tendon being attached.
Finally he saw a wonderful orthopedic surgeon here in Spokane this past Wednesday. He came in on his day off to repair this injury which is way overdue. He found his tendon had snapped back up under the back of his knee and left a 4-5" gap with nothing there. Hmmmmmm....is all I have to say about that.
My husband is now downstairs "laid up" & the pain is really kicking in. He has some good pain meds to help him along though. Keep him in your thoughts.
5 comments:
All I can say is "OUCH"!Poor guy, I will keep him in my prayers for quick healing.
poor stephan!! unbelievable that he had no idea it was torn!! what a tough guy :) mac tore his a few years ago, and he said the recovery was worse than the actual tear... so i hope stephan feels ok!! what a bummer! i still can't believe he went skiing!!!!! emily
Are you freaking kidding me? That is insane! What is wrong with these Byrd boys? Here's to a speedy recovery!
oh my....this does not sound fun. Maybe you need to get a 'naughty nurse' outfit to cheer him up!!!!
i second tiff's remarks.
THAT'S INSANE..
stephan had o'neill and i compared his ankles and the one was definately missing something significant. we will wish for a low pain recovery. i heard through the grapevine that he loves his nurse bebe. xo
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