Winter 2012

We were supposed to leave for Florida on Sunday Jan. 8th, but we had to cancel our 2012 trip because Mike had rotator cuff surgery on Dec. 5th. The doctor said he could not drive for 8 weeks or more and he wasn't moving his left arm at all.

This all started on Oct. 15 at Michael Zimet's wedding. We were at the reception when Mike got up to use the bathroom, but unknown to him, his feet were tangled up in the chair covers and he fell on his left shoulder. He went to urgent care in VA and they said nothing was broken so after 2 weeks and still in pain he went to urgent care and they suggested going to an orthpedic surgeon. He went and they wanted him to have an MRI and the results was a 2 1/2 cm tear in his rotator cuff.

We started PT (twice a week) four weeks after surgery. He was told to take the sling off after 6 weeks. After 8 weeks he finally came upstairs and slept in his own bed; he had been sleeping in his recliner chair in the family room since he got home from the hospital. 11 weeks out he is almost doing everything for himself except putting his socks on and helping with putting his coat on. His range of motion is getting better every time we go see the PT guy, John Borden. His goal is to play golf in June.