Omaha Update - Rachel's Post Surgery Status 3-3-08

A real quick update for everyone on Rachel's status, post K&K (Knees and Knuckles) surgery on Friday. Both surgeries went extremely well, and they were able to clean out a significant amount of scar tissue and loose cartilage out of the knee. The doctor was very pleased with the results, and thinks that Rachel will have few issues with the knee after she has a little rehab.

Her knuckle surgery was also a success, and the doctor was able to get her large knuckles (knuckles closest to the palm) to flex almost 90 degrees, which was about an 70 degree improvement on range of motion. She had to have the fingers splinted so that the knuckles remained flexed over the weekend, but will be going in for some PT Tuesday morning to begin th eprocess of moving the knuckles and regaining the motion. This is very important, as the sooner she is able to move the knuckles, the sooner she will be able to gain some dexterity in the fingers, allowing her to be able to do things like use a pen, and pick up small objects.

Overall, the surgeries went well, and she seemed to be feeling pretty good.