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Originally Posted by bjones6416
 My (grown) nephew was playing an informal game of indoor soccer last night and fell badly on his knee. When he tried to lift his leg, the lower leg and foot just dangled at a very strange angle. They had to call an ambulance to take him to the hospital and he's still there tonight, with an absolutely wrecked knee. Dislocated, fractured at the point where the lateral collateral ligament attaches, ruptured ACL -- and that's what they can see BEFORE the MRI (which they are doing right now.) I hate this. On the other hand, the surgeon said today that with such a severe injury, we should just be thankful that the artery wasn't ruptured and that the nerve seems to be intact. Hopefully the rest of it can be fixed, although it will probably take more than one surgery. And...he DID score as he went down.  |
Rant, continued:
The surgeon came in this morning and said that he's not in B.'s insurance network and he was unable to get approval to do the surgery. They had to transfer his case to another doctor who works out of another facility. They sent him home today and he'll follow up with the new doctor next week. It's not unusual to delay the ligament work until the swelling has subsided, but the fracture needs to be dealt with pretty soon. As it is right now, until the head of the fibula is wired back on, the ligament on the side is unattached -- the doctor said to picture it as a tent peg that has been pulled out of the ground.
We had hoped the initial surgery would have been today, but no, the insurance company gets to make that decision...
