Knee update

Well we went to hear the results from the MRI and it was actually a bit of good news! His knee joint and cartilage all looked really good! So what's the problem then? Well back in his 7th grade year playing football he had a subluxation of the knee cap and apparently when that happened a small piece of cartilage chipped off from under his knee cap and has been floating around in his joint! So, we will still have to have an arthroscopy of his knee to get the floating piece out and he also recommended doing a lateral release because the groove in his bone where the knee cap rests is very shallow. So by doing the release it relieves some of the pressure put on the knee cap and will make it less likely to slip in the future.  It wasn't what we thought he was going to say, but truly it was better news than we thought we were going to receive! So, we are getting a second opinion next Wednesday from Chan's knee surgeon, who is also a good friend to the family, and if he agrees then we will have him do the procedure as soon as possible. So it seems that the knee adventures of the Crismon family are continuing on! Good grief!