Last month on Friday the 13th we went to the pool in Kearns.
Sean decided to jump off of the platform.
The one he jumped off was about 30 feet above the water (at least that's my guess).
My sister-in-law took these pictures of Sean on his first jump...
His third time jumping I recorded this video of him..
Little did I know when I was recording that upon hitting the water his left should popped out of place.
Although, it didn't take me long to realize it was out of place when I saw him!
My mother-in-law, who is an RN, tried to see if she could get it to pop back in.
Then the EMT's at the pool tried several times.
Insta-Care said they couldn't do it with any pain medication.
So, Sean headed up to the ER with his dad.
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At the hospital, they gave Sean morphine and propofol (the drug Micheal Jackson o.d. on).
That knocked Sean out for about 10 minutes.
When Sean woke up he said he could see hand prints all over his body and
Sean's dad was told that it took several people to get Sean's shoulder popped back into place.
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After that Sean was sore for several days and in a sling for about a week.
At first he couldn't lift anything over 10 pounds, put on a shirt, drive or shampoo his hair!
He just couldn't lift up his arm at all!
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Monday, Sean got an MRI Arthrogram.
That means that he had a large needle inject dye from shell fish and something else (I can't remember) into his shoulder socket and then got an MRI.
Sean told me that after they injected the needle he felt something running down his arm.
He looked and there was tons of blood!
Sean said the MRI wasn't too bad.
He felt like he was on an airplane. It was loud and a really small space.
They gave Sean a blanket and he actually fell asleep!
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This morning Sean had a follow up appointment.
The images from his MRI made it very clear that Sean needs surgery.
We could see in the pictures that the tissue surrounding Sean's shoulder socket has moved out of place.
And the doctor told us that there was some "debris" in there too and needs to be cleaned up.
Sean is going to get what they call a "Bankart Repair."
Basically they are trying to stabilize Sean's shoulder.
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So we scheduled surgery for Wednesday, September 5th.
This is one week after Sean's next C.P.A. test (Wednesday, the 29th)
and it's just under six weeks from my due date (Monday, October 15th).
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After the surgery Sean will be in a sling for about six weeks and the start physical therapy.
And about nine months after his surgery he will be able to play contact sports again.
So it's gonna be an interesting few months around our house!
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Sean just read this post and wanted me to clarify that he's had shoulder problems in the past,
dating as far back as his mission.
He remembers one time on his mission reaching to pull the blankets over him and
his shoulder popped out and back in really quickly.
All through our marriage, Sean's shoulder has popped out once or twice a year.
He doesn't have to be doing anything physically strenuous for it to happen.
He's always a little paranoid.
So it will be nice to have one less thing to worry about.
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