"Saltines never tasted so good"

Wil had his surgery today and we are finally home...almost 9 hours later! The procedure itself was only about 1 hour...but you know how that goes!

Everything went fine and they were glad he had to go "pee-pee" (as the nurse called it) before he left. Wil had not eaten for about 18 hours, so he was very glad to eat some crackers. He even said "saltines never tasted so good." His followup appointment is on Friday afternoon.

We continue to be disappointed by the doctor's bedside manner. You get this gut feeling he still does not believe Wil really injured himself at work. Not to mention the fact I have met and talked with him 3 times and this morning he actually shakes my hand and introduces himself asking "have we met yet?" He's just a tool and makes it clear he has no time to waste answering questions.

During the surgery they found a completely torn ligament which will require a separate surgery. The doctor said this was an old injury. Wil has told him that he has never had any pain in his knee until this injury, but we were told workers comp "won't buy that." Hmmmm, as far as we are concerned we're just being honest about Wil's history and inquiring why he might not have never had ANY problems in the past yet have had a [silent] past injury (not asking about payment, just details on the MEDICAL issue). No explanation other than "they won't buy that, there's no way he could have torn that just walking around". I mean, I'm no doctor, maybe it is an old injury, but it's strange. So, I attempted to ask a few more questions about what the next surgery would be like--I was shut down. Mind you, we have NO choice in who we see...this is the workers comp doctor Wil's company uses in this area for this type of injury. Well, if we go through our own insurance, we are certainly not going back to him! It would definitely be a more invasive operation and 6 months PT afterwards. Note to self: Must get second job!

Anyway, Wil is home and propped up and doped up...happily watching Jeopardy. Thanks for all your positive thoughts today! Hoping for a speedy recovery!