Allen's Surgery

I've been thinking about Allen's surgery a lot because it will be a year since the surgery happened in March. In this picture, Allen had just been released from the ICU, so the kids could go see him. Allen had what was supposed to be outpatient ACL surgery. Allen developed compartment syndrome, rhabdomylsis, kidney failure, and an infected seroma. He had to have 4 fasciotomies, where his leg was essentially slit open from ankle to hip on both sides. He was in the ICU for a couple of weeks, in the hospital 28 days, went into the operating room 11 times, had to have muscle removed, and had a drain in his leg until 3 months after the surgery.

Warning: The following pictures are pretty graphic.

Outer thigh

Inner Thigh

Calf

Sponge and suction of wound vac

Too many stitches to count and this is only half of them.

The drain with foam tape.

The drain and what it did to Allen's leg.

I'm so glad this is behind us now. Allen can excercise with no problems, but his leg bothers him often and just isn't the same anymore.