It appears that the surgery went well, with some good news and bad news. The tear to the tendon was more extensive than originally anticipated, longitudinal instead of straight across (the bad news), but he just did the tendon graft on top of the stitched up repair. I also had a bad bone spur at the base of the torn tendon, so he had to go in and remove part of the bone but didn't have to pin it (the good news.) I am in a soft cast until my f/u appointment on Tuesday and the scooter is back to help me get around. I'm still pretty doped up and groggy, a little queasy, and in a bit of pain. The block they did is more like having novocaine for a cavity in the mouth and now that it's wearing off I have the constant pins and needles feeling, which hurts and is annoying. I just took a couple of painkillers though, so hopefully I'll be more comfortable soon.
Side note--we got the official notice today that Aaron's car is completely totaled so we're going to be purchasing a new vehicle on Friday or Saturday. We're pretty well settled on a Dodge Journey and though I'm excited about a new car, Aaron is bummed about the loss of the Scion. He really loved that thing and is sad that his "fun car" is gone. However, I think he will really like the Journey and all of its fun features like the in-dash beverage cooler :)
I'll write more later. For now, I'm headed to bed.
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