DD going under the knife

[3'sDad]

Wichita: Huge tear in the meniscus (bucket tear they called it)....couldn't walk without a like an ice pick like pain piercing my knee. Surgery repaired it and torn it again during PT. Surgery #2 and PT #2 fixed things up petty good.

Even if the meniscus is torn, the downtime is only 4-5 weeks, with PT, for an old fart like me.
The discomfort was gone immediately after the procedure both times.

For a teenager, she'll be back and better than ever in no time.

Best of luck however it goes.

 

[YOCOACH]

Best of luck! I hope they find the problem and we're praying for a speedy recovery!

 

[Doug Romrell]

Good luck and speedy recovery

 

[wichita]

thanks to everyone that posted ill have an update tomorrow.....hopefully not much of an update......

 

[BaldNBeautiful]

Both of these issues are easily treated in teens. They are super conservative with teens because they have more blood supply in the meniscus so it can heal better than adults. (Kids have even more blood supply.) They don't just want to go in and take out tissue. The laporoscopy (sorry about spelling) is minimally invasive, helps really look at the tear, and they recover really quickly. The length of time to returning to sport is based on what the doctor finds and whether it will be rest, repair (which CAN"T be done in adults BTW), or trim. I have heard of parents getting meniscus trimmed to hurry the kid back rather than take the wait and see approach. I am not sure that is wise. If you trim the meniscus you can never get that tissue back.

Yep, do it right even it means missing some time now. DD2 had her ACL fixed in January and will miss all of her Jr year, but we were not going to allow her damage it more by playing thru it or rushing back.

 

[MsDinosaur]

Best of luck to her!

 

[wichita]

Ok so surgery was a success. She had some scar tissue on the side of the knee and on the medial meniscus which the removed and her knee cap wasn't tracking right so they released the tissue on the side of the knee cap so it will track normal. So at least it wasn't anything major. And Dr. Said maximum of 10 weeks until she can play again.

 

[Greenmonsters]

Here's to a speedy recovery