A Friend Goes Down to Injury

I have written extensively about what it’s like to experience and recover from a difficult orthopedic injury. Unfortunately, my good friend Mike has just fallen to a horrible sports injury, a snapped Achilles tendon. Mike was playing flag football last week, heard a pop, and fell to the ground. Shortly later at the hospital, Mike got the bad news: his Achilles tendon had snapped in two and he underwent emergency surgery the next day to have the tendon repaired. For two months, Mike will be in a cast and unable to put any weight on his right leg. He will then undergo physical therapy. Total expected recovery time is 6 months. To make matters worse, Mike just started business school and has two children under the age of three, including a precious one month old little baby girl. Needless to say, Mike’s wife has her hands full. I can definitely sympathize with Mike’s situation and wish him a speedy recovery!