Knee update

So firstly, those long overdue pictures….

Christmas morning 2011

Crying in the hotel room

The foot massage (also note the chick flick)

My balloon

Now the update.

Happy Friday the 13th guys and I have bad news. My stupid knee is definitely going to require surgery. The MRI results came back and it turns out I not only completely blew out the ACL and MCL, but I also tore the meniscus. I was given a referral to an ortho-surgeon which I have yet to schedule, and a 90 day profile for physical limitations (i.e. no running) and mobility restrictions. So the mobility restrictions thing is a huge problem. I can't deploy or PCS until it's lifted on April 2cd at earliest! Meaning I’m not going anywhere in March, and according to my Doctor, I’m probably not leaving until July. I still haven’t gotten my official orders yet and they can’t give them to me until the restrictions are lifted. I'm stressing out BAD because, depending on how long this whole process takes, my assignment may be switched. If I already had orders in hand, I would have a more likely chance of keeping my base, but because I don’t, I could get stationed somewhere else completely. Oy Vey, my timing couldn’t have been worse.

I do plan on batting my eyelashes and pleading for the orthopod to write a letter saying I will be able to leave in March as planned and get the surgery at my next base. It probably won't happen because I am at risk of further injury every time my knee buckles (which is constant). Brad keeps saying obnoxiously mature things like "just worry about your knee, everything else will be fine". I was super bummed. I tried calling my mom but she wasn't home so I ended up bawling on the phone with my dad for like 20 minutes. Then the calls/texts trickled in from my grandparents and siblings, then finally my mother. I spent like 5 and half hours on the phone getting some much needed therapy from the people that know me best. I’m feeling much better now and am just trying to remain calm about this whole ordeal :)