If you’ve read Jez’s blog you will know that her knee isn’t any better, and so we’ve taken the decision to go ahead and have it operated on. She’s booked in next Friday and I’m already starting to get worked up about it. It’s got to be the right thing to do though. Poor little soul can hardly walk on it today. I’ve just taken her round the corner to post a letter and she skipped along on 3 legs most of the way.
She will go in Friday morning and come home late afternoon / evening. I’m not expecting much sleep that night given her reaction to the last anaesthetic. And I’ve reminded the vet that she was allergic to the last lot of stitches she had. The vet reckons this will be far better for her in the long run, but from what I understand her recuperation is likely to take a few months. Initially she will only be allowed in the garden on a lead to toilet, then she will be able to walk round the garden, then we’ll be able to take her to the end of the drive and back, and so on. But it should stop the joint slipping in future, which will help to minimize the arthritis and so give her a much better quality of life. Oh, and I’m also thinking of taking her for hydrotherapy treatment when she’s well enough. There is a place near here does it. Not sure what she’ll make of it, but if I’m lucky it will teach her to swim. Apparently they have someone in the pool with them, and wear buoyancy aids. The vet says swimming will be really good to help her rebuild the muscle.
I think in my last blog I said the bank had quickly sorted out the fraud on my credit card. Well in a way they have, as the new cards arrived this morning. But the account collects the payment due automatically from my bank account, and swapping the cards over has messed this up (it hasn’t collected), so now they keep telling me it’s overdue! I’ve told them it’s their fault and I don’t expect to pay any interest or charges.
Chris’ Mum and Dad are staying in Bournemouth this week, so we had them over for lunch on Wednesday. We all had a nice time. Apparently my youngest brother-in-law and his wife have a thing about the dog (well, her breed) and don’t want her getting anywhere near their two boys! This should make Christmas interesting as we usually all meet up at Chris’ Mum and Dad’s one day near Christmas. It will be amusing to see what they do when we turn up with the dog. Chris’ Mum and Dad think it’s stupid and blame the mother-in-law. They are very fond of Jez, who, by the way, was extremely well behaved when they were here.
On the family front, apparently my other sister-in-law lost her father on Wednesday. He was quite old (late 80s I think) though. She’s Guatemalan, and was upset as she couldn’t get back in time for the funeral (which took place yesterday). Meanwhile Pat (who’s now 88) had a cataract operation on Tuesday.
As for me. Well I think this menopause business has finally got to my brain and killed off any remaining brain cells. I had a physio appointment this morning and managed to leave for it an hour before I was supposed to. I was even rushing to leave the house as I thought I was late. So having driven across town for it I went and had a coffee while I waited. I had to laugh. Apparently under the NHS referral system I am only entitled to 3 appointments with this particular physio. I didn’t like to tell him that that was my 4th appointment! My shoulder has been a lot better of late though, although my neck and shoulder now ache where he worked on it this morning.
Think that’s about it.
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