After seeing the doctor and deciding that surgery would be the best route for us to take we waited for a scheduled surgery date. The first date that was picked we couldn't make, cause J was feeling sick. So it was postponed another two weeks, due to the holiday season.
The appointment before surgery - two week prior - it was discovered that there was no healing occurring in J's leg at all, and he was in a great deal of pain. It was even more clear now that surgery was necessary!
We went in this past Tuesday, December 28, for the surgery. J fasted, and was all prepped for the surgery. The doctor came in and told us that since it had been so long since the injury, there may be no need for surgery. But remembering that there was no healing occurring, two weeks ago, we decided to take the cast off and have the doctor take a look at his leg.
The cast came off - and the doctor started pushing, poking, and prodding at J's leg. With lots of flinching and twitching on J's part. :o( The doctor was surprised and said that he would be very pleased with the leg if this was a post op exam!!! WHAT?!?!? It's healed?
After about 10-15 minutes more discussing and examining J's leg - and getting a second opinion from another doctor - it was decided that J wouldn't need the surgery! His leg healed just as good as, if not better, if he had surgery. The tendon was shortened up and everything, just as if they did the surgery!!! Even the doctor was trying to convince himself that surgery would be best, but he couldn't, due to the healing!
We were all shocked - it was great to see the look on the doctor's face when he discovered how wonderfully the tendon healed it's self.
God is so amazing and wonderful! We were totally prepared for surgery, but scared at the same time. But, thankfully God had another idea! Four weeks of nothing healing, then in two weeks - perfection! God is AMAZING!
