A little over 5 years ago Jake had surgery on his right knee after a nasty fall. He had broken off part of some cartilage (from his femur) in his knee, and it was floating around causing his discomfort and pain. The doc operated, took the free floating cartilage out, and ordered him to 6 weeks of crutches, NO weight on his knee.
Over the past several months Jake's left knee has been achey, and giving out on him. He finally got sick of dealing with it and went to see an orthopedic surgeon. After a X-ray and MRI the doctor discovered that part of his femur has lost blood flow, and there is fluid build up between the femur and some cartilage. He doesn't know why this is all happened and what is causing it, so now Jake is going in on Tuesday to have surgery on his knee to try to fix the problem. The doc has no idea if it will be a major or minor surgery until he gets in there to operate and sees what is going on. Jake may be able to walk as soon as they are done with surgery, or he might be on crutches for 6 weeks after. I am hoping it is more minor than major, but I just want his knee better and no more pain! We will keep you all up on the doc's discovery and Jake's recovery.
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