Injured Reserve

Bad news: Karl is officially on the injured reserve list. He was finishing up his last day of paternity leave and getting ready to head back to work on Thursday when he ruptured his left achilles playing basketball Wednesday night. He didn't get hit or land on it wrong, he went to make a cut to get open and it popped. I was too far away to hear it pop but he knew right away exactly what happened. We were in Mackey Arena and because of the construction, his only way out was to go up the stairs to the car. His parents came to help get him to the emergency room and it was a good thing because Ally and I got kicked out before we even got in the door. The flu pandemic is so crazy that no one under 18 can even be in the hospital! He had to wait for some of the swelling to go down and was able to meet with the surgeon this morning. He will have surgery to repair the tendon on Tuesday and will be out of commission for a few weeks. Yes he was not happy about going back to work, but this certainly wasn't the best way to get to stay home with us longer! We aren't sure on all of the recovery details yet but he will need some serious rehab and about 6 months time before he will hopefully be back to normal. He is doing well with his leg in a splint for now and can get around our house without much of a problem. Stay tuned for more on this story but we hope to only have positive progress to share.