Jay's Knee

Well, we had a different Father's Day this year. Jay has been working in the Chiricahua Mountains (about an hour and a half away) for the past couple weeks installing a swimming pool. Friday night he got home around 6:30 and took a shower. When he got out, he was limping. He put his knees right next to each other and his left knee (the "good" knee) was very swollen. He kept reflecting on what he had done the last 2 days that may have cause him to re-tear the miniscus, which would not have been a surprise. He's done that 4 times already. He took some pain medicine, elevated his leg, and tried to sleep. By Satuday morning his knee was more swollen, red and hot to the touch. He was nauseous, and woke up dry-heaving. He was also in a lot of pain, and after lunch we finally decided to take him to the emergency room. The nurses and doctors there were great. Service was better than we've had before. They got us in quickly, and called in the orthopaedic doctor- Dr. Bryce for a consult, along with blood work and x-rays. Blood work showed inflammation, which we already knew, and x-rays showed nothing. Dr. Bryce came in and immediately knew it was prepatellar bursitis- an infection in the bursa or soft tissue around the kneecap. He said Jay was going to get a trip to La Hotel Mt. Graham- or Mt. Graham Regional Medical Center. He was admitted that evening and has been there since. We haven't been given a discharge date as the knee doesn't seem to be improving. It's still hot and red and swollen, and they started Jay on morphine this morning because the pain was getting bad again.

For Father's Day yesterday the oldest 5 kids and I took him cards and a key lime pie. He hasn't had much of an appetite, but ate a little. He was hoping to come home today, but thay said at least tomorrow. He's not sleeping much with all the noise and constant interruptions. No fun at all. A big thanks to Cindy and Sean and Dad and Patty for helping with the kids. They would have gone crazy waiting at the ER.