Best & Worst: Jeff McKee (post-op edition)
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)
(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)
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Fucking stupid like everything else this site posts. No effort put into anything here. All fucked advertisement and shit content.
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Not sure if you realize this but, um, alliance is all about not taking shit serious. Interviewing someone fresh outta shoulder surgery is awesome. It is something you won't see from WBM. Wakeboarding is getting dragged over water strapped to a piece of foam or wood, stop taking yourself so serious. There isn't any hard hitting journalism needed.
Not sure how you see no effort was put in. Questions were asked and responded to. This information then had to be placed typed and uploaded to the interwebs. Sounds like at least 10 minutes of effort…
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lol Chad… lol
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jeff is a complete boss!