Let the binge watching begin

Let the binge watching begin

After years of extreme aquatic shredding with minimal serious injuries, Jeff McKee finally went under the knife on Tuesday. A messed up labrum in his left shoulder was the cause of this surgical procedure, but fortunately for Jeff everything went well and he should be back on the water in 3-4 months.

I got to hang out with the nearly three-year-old McKee twins the whole morning while Jeff’s surgery took place, which was an adventure in and of itself, but it also meant I was there for Jeff’s homecoming while he was still a bit foggy from anesthesia, so I figured it would only be appropriate to ask him some pressing questions… Here’s Jeff’s post-surgery Best & Worst, along with some of the things he said in between the questions…

Part of being off the water for the next few months
Best: I can make other people clean my boat for me.
Worst: I’m going to Jamboree in a few weeks to see the most amazing setup of the year and I won’t be able to hit it.

“Dude, I seriously still can’t feel my hand. Look at this, I’m pinching my fingers so hard. Nothing.”

Part of anesthesia
Best: Getting to take a nap, which hasn’t happened since the twins were born.
Worst: Everybody thinks everything I say for the next 24 hours doesn’t mean anything.

“The nurse hooking me up to the meds missed the vein, then hit a nerve. I started screaming and she felt terrible (laughing). I think it ruined her day and it was only 8:00 AM or something.” 

Things I said while anesthesia was still wearing off (these answers come courtesy of Jeff’s wife when she saw him following surgery)
Best: “Where’s Helen? She’s so funny!” (Helen was the nurse who prepped Jeff for surgery, which Katy didn’t know until after Jeff kept asking where she was)
Worst: (a bunch of jibberish)

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 (laughing) “Look at my nipple, they shaved my shoulder and part of my chest for the surgery, but she left a little hair around my nipple!!!”

Idea of having your labrum repaired
Best: Noah Flegel had his repaired and three months later did a double flip behind the boat.
Worst: I’m 12 years older than Noah Flegel

 “Dude, I still got nothing in my hand. Oh wait, these fingers… there’s a little. But this is crazy.”

Things to binge watch while recuperating in bed
Best: Shameless. There should be lots, but I can’t think of them right now.
Worst:Sofia the First” and “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” (don’t tell my kids I said that)