Hunters Ankle Surgery

Most of you who know hunter know how he broke his ankle in basketball in high school and then again on his mission while doing service where he walked on it for 6 months before his companion told on him since his leg was black and purple up to his knee. He has had 3 surgeries to fix it and has had his Dr. tell him he has the ankle of a 90 year old man.



 On November 1 he had ankle surgery number 4! We had been planning on it for awhile and his dad was getting laid off from his job that had great insurance, so we figured we'd do it before december so we could do it while having good insurance!



We woke up bright and early around 4 and then left to the surgery center around 4:30 to be there at 5. We checked in and then they took Hunter right back and hooked up the IV and then after being with them for 30 minutes they called us back and let us sit with him till he went into surgery. We met with the Dr. and he said that he would remove the bone spurs that were in his ankle, make sure the anchors were still holding up, check all the ligaments and check for a few possible tendon tears. After meeting with the Dr. I felt we made the right decision in getting this done and hopefully get hunter out of pain! Then they had us go  out in the waiting room where we waited for almost 2 hours before the Dr. came out again.. He came out, showed us some pictures of the scope they did in hunters ankle and said they removed and smoothed down the bone spurs and that his tendons looked great! (thank goodness) but that his ligaments were really really lose so he tightened them up really tight. He explained to me that he wouldn't be able to move his ankle very well and it will take months to get back to feeling normal but he tightened them up so tight so he wouldn't be able to roll his ankle again (hopefully) but the dr. was VERY confident that this is the last surgery.


They had us wait for about 30 minutes and then took us back to see hunter who was still completely out.. then he started to wake up and just talked for over an hour. I took so many hilarious videos.. if only he'd let me share :) He was in a hard cast for 2 weeks and then a walking boot for 4-5 extra weeks... well only 2 probably cause hunter is so stubborn and wouldn't wear it. But now with physical therapy once every few weeks it seems a lot better! The best part about the surgery is the temporary handicap pass :)