Thread: Busted knee

Well, I'm out for the rest of the year.

Friday afternoon, I took a trip out to the Shadow Lake for some bluegills, I did pretty well Thursday night. After catching the first bluegill I got down the bank with the bucket to fill it with water and put the gill in. As I turned my body towards the bank to step up on it, I heard a loud POP! Felt a sharp pain in my knee, OUCH! A big SPLASH! as I hit the water and then a few CURSE! words. I grabbed my knee and instantly felt what happened. My left knee cap popped out of place. Talk about pain. I couldn't move my leg, couldn't straighten it, couldn't bend it. I managed to pull myself a little closer to the bank, but it hurt too much to try and pull myself out of water and onto the bank. I called for help for about 20 - 30 min but no one heard me. I ended up checking to see if my cell phone would still work despite being wet. Thankfully it did I called 911.

I don't know how much painkillers they injected into me, but the end result was them not being able to pop my knee cap back in place but still discharging me from the hospital. Getting out of the car, I heard another pop and realized my patella popped back into place. But I still needed the brace to the immobilize my knee and crutches to keep the weight off of it. Hopefully by the end of the week I can get Orthopedics to tell me whether or not I will need surgery.

My left leg is straighten out here, and as you can see the patella is completely dislocated to the left.

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