On last Thursday Benton had his knee operated on. He tore his ACL back in December playing basketball, it's such a dangerous sport! We went to the IHC hospital in Murray and arrived at 9:30am. My sister Chelsie and her little boy came to hang out with us around 11am. Benton didn't even get into surgery till about 1pm. I was glad Chelsie and Spencer came down to keep me company, we just hung out and ate at the hospital's cafeteria. Benton's surgery went really well and he got out at 3pm. The doctor said his ACL was torn and he had arthritis in his knee. He has to be in bed for 5 days with a cooler hooked up to his knee. The cooler is actually pretty cool, this way you just fill it up with ice/cold water and plug it into the wall for it to circulate the cold water, they use the cooler instead of an icepack now. It's kinda noisy, so it took some time getting use to it. Here is Benton right after surgery, he made me laugh when he was coming out of his anesthesia, he was talking nonsense.
Here is his leg hooked up to the cooler...
and of course Roxy by his side at all times...
He should recover in about 4-6 months, I know he'll push himself to get better as soon as he can. His doctor told him he could golf in 6 weeks, which he is thrilled about. Love you Benton!
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This is all good to know, cause thiago is having the same surgery next Thursday. I am not super excited though cause we just finished paying for all Lincoln and mine's hospital bills, and now we get to start all over. What do you do though, right. Glad it went well, hopefully ours goes as smoothly...
Poor Benton, I am glad it all went well, but that doesn't sound like too much fun. How ironic that is what Thiago is having done next week. I hope his recovery goes well, 4-6 months seems like a long time...
I was thinking about you today, sorry I haven't called to check. I hope your being a nice caregiver to Mr. Benton Ü Ü
Let him know we wish him a quick recovery and we miss you at work!
Hope you get better soon. I don't really picture you staying down too long. We will be over soon. Love ya both.
It was fun hanging out with you at the hospital, you guys were so cute with Spencer! I hope Benton recovers fast!
No fun, I am glad the surgery went well, hopefully he will recover quickly not being 100% for that long would get a little annoying, but you do what you gotta do right! Good Luck! At least they have some cool equipment now days to make everything a little easier!
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