Well, "Bob" the cadaver in Andre's knee is officially dead and buried! Andre just had surgery this afternoon, during which they removed it and cleaned out his knee.
We thought the surgery was only going to be on Friday which seemed a long way off considering the increased pain Andre was in Sunday and yesterday. However, the doctor's office called today and asked him to come in for another doctor to look at him. As soon as he examined Andre, he said that he wanted to schedule the operation for today! Praise the Lord!
So he went in at 4:30 and is apparently just waking up now. The doctor came out and told me that Andre is doing fine, that "Bob" was not (very infected), and that all should be well as far as the pain in a few days!
We will continue with the IV antibiotics for up to 8 weeks, twice a day and Andre will go through some rehabilitation therapy to get him up and walking a bit again. They will reevaluate him again once he's finished the IV course and hopefully schedule another ACL recontruction surgery in 3-4 months. Keep praying for him as the pain, combined with the infection is really tiring.
Andre's Mom is coming to Atlanta tomorrow until the weekend, so that will be a big help and I feel comfortable being able to leave him during the day. Thank you again for all your prayers and calls/emails...it's been a great encouragement for Andre.
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Hey Christy. So glad to see you have a blog! I peeked back at some archives and LOVE the pictures of you and Andre - what a beautiful pair you are!
Please let us know if there is anything we can do for you guys.
Hugs to you both!
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