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Thought I’d put a quick update about my surgery back in October. Hard to believe it’s been four months now! Honestly I almost never think about it now because I can do basically anything I want with it. Thankfully looking back on that experience it’s barely registered as a blip in our time here… unless you count dealing with the insurance over getting paid for the procedure. That’s another story though.

I visited the Doctor last week and he said I can begin running but only in a straight line or on a track. No soccer yet because any sudden stopping or stopping in a lateral direction could risk damaging the repair. We’re counting this progress in the “blessing” category. Thanks for your prayers.

Tonight we saw the surgeon who performed the ACL / meniscus repair on Ric’s knee two weeks ago. He confirmed the plan we’d discussed then: four more weeks on crutches, traction beginning next week and full recovery in six months. He said the leg appears to be healing very well and that my quadriceps muscle is still strong. The only thing that’s different at this point is that the staples are gone and the bandages are off. Feels good! Thank-you for your prayers as we begin therapy next week. That will be painful.