less one loose screw

it's been said that my boyfriend has a screw loose - both figuratively and literally - but today the literal loose screw was finally removed.

rew had acl replacement surgery in september 2005 after tearing his acl playing football. his rehab went really well and then sometime last year he realized the screw that was holding his new anterior cruciate ligament in place was coming loose and protruding from just below his knee (under the skin, not gross frankenstein style). rew thought and still thinks this is the coolest thing in the world. i think within the first five minutes of meeting him over a year ago, he'd mentioned it. when we were working at camp and meeting new people all the time, i would say that it was fairly common for him to introduce himself like, "Hi, I'm Andrew. Want to touch my screw?" (and i made fun of him constantly)

by december it was just getting gross. the screw was sticking out more and more and every time rew ran into something/bumped his leg, the opposite side of his lower leg went numb. needless to say, the screw needed to come out.

so this morning, after arriving home from albania late last night, rew finally had the screw removed. aside from having a gaping hole in his leg, he was left with the screw that formerly held his ligament in place - take a look, it's pretty cool.

rew and his screw