Gimpy Brady Tells Boston TV Station Knee Is "Doing Well"

Talking to WCVB in Boston today, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady said his damaged left knee is doing well but video taken at a charity Thanksgiving event showed the pronounced limp with which the quarterback currently walks.

Brady, who had the ACL and MCL blown out in the first quarter of the Patriots first game was serving Thanksgiving dinner along with girlfriend Gisele Bundchen and other Boston celebrities at a downtown event put on by the charity Goodwill. 

Speaking in generalities as he signed autographs, Brady said, "I'm doing great. Good to be out here today and serving all these wonderful people. Just hanging out, resting and eating lots of turkey, Doing well, doing well."

Brady had surgery performed by Los Angeles surgeon Dr. Neal ElAttrache to repair the ACL and MCL in early October. The MCL was tightened and the ACL was repaired with a part of Brady's patellar tendon. An infection developed in the knee soon after and the process of flushing the knee from infection was started. A source told me in October the knee was "very bad."

The infection caused Brady to lose a significant amount of weight. Meanwhile, the current concern is whether the infection may have compromised the repair work done. If it does - and an examination of the knee's repair work will happen in the coming days - the repair work will be undone, the knee will be reflushed, scar tissue caused by the infection (Brady's range of motion is seriously limited) will be removed and -- after a six-week period -- the surgery will be performed again. With a six-to-nine month recovery period from surgery, Brady may not be ready for the opening of the 2009 season if the worst-case scenario happens.