Third time's a charm?

 

There is nothing charming about this third, nothing at all.  Will had his third shoulder surgery today.  Back in August of 2014 (after injuring his shoulder in June) Will had a shoulder surgery on his right shoulder.  (Ask me to say "shoulder surgery" with my braces on right now.  It is a challenging set of words in the best circumstances...it is a full on disaster right now.)  Way back in 2014 the surgeon placed several anchors in Will's shoulder and repaired a torn rotator cuff.  

Both of Will's shoulders have been giving him grief for a year now.  In October of 2019 when he was wrestling worlds his left shoulder got pulled on really badly.  They had to stop the match for a second because they thought Will was seriously injured.  He likely did do some damage but he wanted to keep wrestling so he soldiered on.  Then he ripped the right shoulder out of its socket just this past July while wakeboarding at the lake.  When we got home his doctor decided it was more pressing to repair the left shoulder that had been injured at worlds.  That repair ended up being easy, more of a clean up than a repair and Will was back to his regular workouts soon.  Well...in November he was wresting with some high school kids and he pulled his right shoulder out of its socket...again.  Worse than the original injury he had to wait in the ER for almost four hours before they had bed space to give him pain killers and get the shoulder back into place.  Apparently, it popped out a couple of times and they had to replace it again.  Gross.  Poor guy.  

Mercifully, Will got scheduled for surgery today to finally re-repair all of the damage on his right shoulder.  So, that is the third shoulder surgery for this guy!  When the surgeon went in this time, there was extensive damage, including a bicep tendon tear, a capsule tear, and damage all over the place.  Will will have a much longer recovery this time.  He is in a world of hurt.  

Thankfully, we have good friends who have brought meals, given Will blessings, and generally looked out for us.  We are thankful for rest and pain medication now!