The Trolley Dodger

As readers might recall from earlier in the summer, I injured my right knee in a fall on our back steps, spraining my MCL, getting a bone bruise on my femur, and partially tearing my medial meniscus. The first two items have healed in the interim, but I’ve been awaiting surgery for some months to repair the last item. Finally had that surgery yesterday, and it all went well — a partial meniscectomy removed the errant bits, and now I’m into the process of healing. It was all done arthroscopically, so that’ll make it much quicker to heal.

The doctor who performed the surgery was Dr. Christopher Jobe, a renown orthopedic surgeon in his own right, working at Loma Linda University Medical Center. But it turns out he is also the son of Dr. Frank Jobe, known to all Dodger and baseball fans as the inventor of Tommy John surgery!

This was a total coincidence, and since I was concentrating on my knee, it actually took a friend of mine (and a Rockies fan, unfortunately ;) to pose the question to me after my initial consultation with Dr. Jobe fils. Since I didn’t see the doctor while I was in a conscious state yesterday, I confirmed the relationship with one of the hospital staff — all of whom, by the way, were incredibly friendly folks, so thanks to them.

Also coincidentally, one of the other patients at the surgical center yesterday was a defensive back from (I believe) the University of Arizona. He had a torn ACL and was getting it repaired. I didn’t catch his name in my hazy state, and my Google-fu is still out of whack this morning, but I’ll keep looking and update this when I find out. I seem to remember it having gone well, if I wasn’t hallucinating in the recovery room when he was brought in.