Bandage Removal (Not too messy)

Jake was able to remove the bandages 3 days after surgery, so that's what he did today. It wasn't as bad as I was picturing it. There were 4 incisions. One above the knee, 2 in the knee, and 1 below the knee. The surgery was done arthroscopically, so there's less scarring, and a faster, less painful recovery. The bruising seems to get darker each day, but that's normal. It has to get worse before it gets better.

Where did his kneecap go? You can see where the surgeon actually signed his initials in Sharpie. It's part of JCAHOs protocol. When he said he was going to autograph Jake knee before surgery, I thought he was joking... but he wasn't.

As the swelling is going down, we're noticing how much smaller his right leg is than his left. He hasn't fully used his left leg since the injury in mid-March. The muscle is atrophied a little bit. It'll take some time to gain full strength back in his leg. In the meantime, we like to push on his left thigh and calf to see how "mushy" it feels compared to his right thigh and calf.