Karl had surgery to repair his ruptured achilles tendon on Tuesday. All went well and after an overnight stay in the hospital, he was able to come home. They gave him a regional nerve block which is a small pump behind his knee that delivers medication just to the leg in addition to the general anesthesia for surgery. He was able to keep the nerve block in until Friday to help with the pain. The surgery took a little longer than expected because the tendon had rolled up into his calf muscle so he will have a nice long scar up the back of his leg to show off. He is in a hard cast up to his knee for now and cannot put any weight on it at all. He gets around pretty well using a rolling walker (complete with tennis balls) but he is hoping to exchange the cast for a walking boot at his appointment with the surgeon on Wednesday. Karl spends a lot of time moving between the couch and the recliner but as the pain improves, he is able to move around more. He won't be able to do much with Ally other than hold her for a while yet but so far his recovery is going well. It will be a long road but hopefully he will be walking around soon.
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