Update

Backup to Friday. The surgery center called us in early, Dr. X was running way ahead of schedule. We got  up there at 1:30, the took her and I back to the Pre-op area at 1:50. By 2:15 she was in a gown, waiting for the IV. She had a small scab on her right quad, and because of her history of MRSA, Dr. X called from surgery and told the nurses to hold of on the IV, he wanted to look at it first. After seeing it, he decided to call the Infectious Disease Dr. to make sure all was okay. About an hour of phone calls and waiting later, they decided it was a go. She had done all the precautionary pre-surgery Bactraban Nasal for 5 days and Hibaclens for three. They determined that the scab looked nothing like MRSA and all the pre-stuff, it would be alright. Plus, they were administering a strong IV antibiotic before surgery started. I reassured them that I play a doctor at work, and I knew it wasn't like any of the Staphs she has ever had. Dr. X said he was probably not going to take her quad after all, he wanted to stay away from the scab area.  I think I may have already posted this stuff, but tough, I'm running on a few hours sleep for the past three nights.

Surgery took about 45-60 minutes. She was the last patient of the day, so Dr. X came out to see us in person. (It's usually a video conference.) He said everything went great. Her ACL was completely torn, near the bone. (I haven't had time to look that up yet.) That he left most of  it in her knee because it had already started to reattach to the bone. This should be good, the new ACL and the old should bond together to create a really strong one. We got to go back to see her about 30 minutes later. She was awake, but out of it. Crying hard, saying it really hurt. The anesthesiologist decided to give her a block. (Haven't looked that up either. Mom, hint, hint.)It is something with the nerves, because they brought in an ultrasound machine to be able to guide the needle to the right spot in her hip. We left the room for that part. She stayed in recovery for at least an hour. Crying the whole time of the pain. She would hug my neck and ask if she could play soccer now. Truly broke my heart. They said anesthesia affects everyone differently, but lots of females cry. They said there was also going to be some pain. She took one percocet and had a shot of dilaudid. We are thinking that the pain and crying would stop anytime with all those drugs. WRONG!! We shifted her into a wheelchair and out to the car. She sobbed the whole way home, and pretty much until Friday morning. The post-op nurses suggested one percocet every 4 hours. They said she was too small and young for two. Yet, it said 1-2 every 4-6 hours on the bottle. I gave her one every 3 hours. Never seemed to touch the pain. Got her settled into a recliner we borrowed from a friend and started the ice with the cooler machine, another friend lent to us. These have both proven to be lifesavers. Then she had to go to the bathroom. How the heck is that going to happen?!! That has been the most painful and traumatic thing so far, every trip to the bathroom. We ease her up, and with me under one arm, and Loren under another, we act as her crutches.

More later...