Robbie's Surgery

At the beginning of October, Robbie had surgery on his peroneus brevis, a tendon on the outside of his ankle. It had been bothering him a lot lately, especially when he ran or played basketball. He thinks that over the last couple years with various basketball injuries that it tore. We decided to get it taken care of before our babies come because heaven knows I'll need him walking and in excellent health! We found a great doctor and set the surgery date.

Robbie was a champ and the healing process has gone so smoothly, which we are very thankful for. Waiting in the waiting room while he was being operated on was hard! I felt like I shouldn't be there, that I wasn't old enough for this. Where was his mom? Did I know how to even take care of someone that had just had surgery? Haha gotta love these growing up experiences. Robbie was never in a ton of pain and has followed (well, mostly...) the doctor's orders of when to start putting pressure on it and when he can walk without crutches or a boot. As of today, he can officially start weaning himself from the boot and walk normally again. Hooray!!! He's been such a trooper and I'm sure proud of him.

 Going over the pain chart before surgery. Obviously, he can't wait for what's ahead.

 Recovery room after surgery. Such a champ! Unfortunately, he wasn't very loopy or hilarious, but I do remember him talking about noodles or something?

We got him all set him up in the laundry room so he could talk to me while I cooked dinner. Love this boy.

 Right before he got his cask off. We were so happy to get that blasted thing off.

Apparently the doctor who did Robbie's surgery is known for his beautiful incisions. Looks pretty good to me...I guess. It's amazing how much better the incision looks weeks later. He's almost back to normal!

Experiences like this help me be thankful for good health and strong bodies. We hope to not have to do another surgery like this that limits mobility anytime soon!