Day #2:

It's my 2nd day after getting my acl surgery and I just wanted to keep a blog about my progress and how my day is going I guess! I got my bandages redone yesterday, so the day after surgery and my staples looked fine the nurse said and that their wasn't any signs of infection so that's good news!!! My swelling isn't too bad and the pain is just normal. The pain is mostly just soreness than a striking pain... iv'e been taking the  2 Hydrocodone  every 6 hours as needed and it really helps ALOT! The only time my knee hurts is if I get up to go anywhere and that's pretty much the bathroom.. except I might go to my game against Park Center at 7 PM tonight to cheer on my team!!! At the moment I am Icing my knee while its elevated to keep the swelling down. I went to my first PT session yesterday, and she just gave me the exercises listed below to do at home:

• 2 sets of heel slides (10x)
• 2 sets of knee extension stretches ( hold 3-5 min)
• 2 sets of isometric quadriceps (10-20x, hold 5 sec) 

My Story...

On December 28th 2013, I tore my acl during the first 3 minutes of my varsity basketball game during an invitational tournament! I was having such a great Junior year and then I hit this speed bump in the road... I made a drop step to the basket and my left knee just gave out and I went down crying and screaming! When I heard that pop I knew something was wrong. I wasn't crying because of the pain really, I was mostly crying of the thought that my Junior season of basketball was over; I was right. I got my MRI results back about a week later and I underwent my first ever surgery on January 15th, 2014! I was so scared and nervous when I first went into the pre op room but after they put some medication into the IV I got really sleepy and I think I even fell asleep before the nurses gave me the anesthesia :) I'M A FIGHTER AND I'M GOING TO COME BACK ONTO THE COURT STRONGER, FASTER, AND OVERALL BETTER THAN EVER! My dream is to play college basketball and this injury isn't taking that away from me! - "When you wan't to succeed as bad as you want to breathe then you will be SUCCESSFUL."

STAPLE STATUS 101 first day after surgery!