Knee Update

I took Tanner back to PT again today.

Basically there's no change. She's still not able to bend it more than 78-80 degrees. She's still not able to put much pressure on her knee. She's still complaining of "sharp pains" in her knee from time to time.

Julie, the PT, feels like it's the meniscus. She has talked to her boss and fellow PT, Brian, who used to be a trainer for the Razorbacks. He concurred with her that it's the meniscus and that the MRI could most certainly be wrong. Julie called the Ortho Dr. on Friday, but as of 5:00 today, he's not called back. We go see Julie again on Thursday and then she will send the Dr a progress note and call him again to try and talk to him.

Tanner is frustrated. Mike (her Dad) called her tonight and told her after talking to Julie he's not sure she will go to camp. Needless to say, she is upset about that. At the same time, she wants her knee to feel better. I guess she and Mike will make the final decision on Thursday. Mike wants to see vast improvement before Thursday and I doubt that will happen.

Mike and I are at odds over this whole issue, I'm not going to lie. After me asking him tonight if he thought Tanner was faking, he accused me of "wanting my daughter to be sick all the time." Jerk. I don't know that my blood pressure has risen that quick ever! Grr...it just pissed me off! I don't want my daughter to be sick all the time-I don't want her to be sick at all-I don't want her to be in pain and I don't want her to have to have surgery. The motherly instinct in me says that something is wrong and I'm ready for some answers. We don't know anything more now than we did seven weeks ago. If I could hurt my knee and make hers feel better, I'd do it in a heartbeat. I'm with Tanner on this-I want the "easy button!"

Please keep praying for my kiddo. She really wants to feel better and we want her to feel better!