Enter Sleeve's Knee: A Visual Escapade
31 August 1998
Graph of Sleeve's
"osteochondral defect of the patella"....
If I'm interpreting this correctly, Dr. Eakin (aka the
MICROFX GURU), has cleared away the defective areas in the cartilage, revealing the
underlying bone marrow--the earth tone colored regions that look like cookie dough
cutouts....
This part is
grrrreat--however, this may not be for the queasy at heart. If such is the case,
then turn around........OK. Holes, or "microfractures," are made in the
bone marrow, releasing blood to form a clot. New fibrocartilage matured
over the weeks and months following the surgery--finally allowing Sleeve to train for that
2:40-something marathon which has eluded him since this ugly, ugly problem
surfaced....
More microfractures
and blood. The two guys wearing the chili pepper and martian caps are the assistant
surgeon and anesthesiologist....