During the last regular season game, Lona was tackled while kicking the ball.  In all the years of playing soccer, this has never been a problem.  Usually, she pretty much bounces right back up but this was different. the referee immediately called for the coach and after being carried off the field, she watched the rest of the game and all the play off games from the bench. Her MRI showed a partial tear of the MCL and a full tear of the ACL.  Surgery was required but not until more of the swelling has gone down.  It took a month.  Then she needed to heal and create some scar tissue on the MCL so enters January.  A scheduled ACL repair, quick in and out procedure.  Just harvest a portion of the hamstring and pin it into the place where the ACL was located.  A little scar and a couple of entry ports.  No big deal but they discovered that she also tore her meniscus.  It needed to be trimmed and also stitched which took a bit longer.  Her first surgery and it was major and nice little scar to match mine. We brought her home and she laid on the couch for about a week.  The big thing is now physical therapy.