Knee replacement can’t stop grandfather
Steve Brown enjoys a moment with his grandson, Gavin, at a local park.
“Working as a millwright in the chemical plant all those years, and being on my feet for 10, 12, sometimes 16 hours a day, I couldn’t hardly do it anymore. Once you lose your cartilage, it ends up being bone on bone. The pain gets pretty bad. They try different things, like giving you shots in there, and it lasts for maybe a few days. For some people they say it lasts a year, and then they come back to get another shot. But I wasn’t that lucky. I had my right knee replaced in 2008. It’s been great so far, knock on wood. But the other one’s pretty bad now.
“One of the frustrating things for me is that I can’t do stuff with my three grandkids that I used to be able to do. I can’t get down on the ground and wrestle with them. I can’t give them pony rides on my back. So I have to settle for bringing them to the park, and pushing them in the swing or watching them slide.
“I just love being around this one. I can’t get enough of him. He’s so young and so little, and they grow up so fast. He won’t have time for papa one of these days.”
— Steve Brown
