Hansen's early retirement

OK so as most of you know Hansen went in for ankle reconstruction surgery on Friday last week. He is doing well, they did not have to do all of the 6 projected procedures as initially thought. Just 4 I think she said. He has both the tibia and fibula (sp) connected with holes that were drilled through each bone held together with sutures and buttons, crazy huh? They were able to fix the torn ligaments and scrape the inflamed tissue off of the cartilage. Cleaning up the damage a year and a half of dealing with the initial injury. I can hardly believe it was Oct. of 2007 that he first "broke" his ankle. They said it was a break, then it wasn't a break, then torn Achilles and then not torn Achilles, then ligament damage, then instability with the leg bones connecting into the ankle. WOW! Who knew for sure what it was originally. Anyways, we are hoping he's back on his feet soon. He was let go at work and is hoping to not have to go back to painting anytime soon! We go back on Monday and see where the healing process is at and when he can start physical therapy. Wish us luck!
~Di