You can make a break, you can win or lose/That's the chance you take. . .
Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 12:12 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rolanniEarly to the knee doctor, which took much longer than I had expected. Good job that I'd decided not to mess around with sick leave and swapped out Thursday for Tuesday at the day-job this week.
Verdict, after x-ray and discussion: Some arthritis, not much; some cartilage wear, minor. Possible tear in the cartilage, and thus there is an MRI in my very near future. If cartilage is torn, then laparoscopic surgery to mend it. If not a tear, then it's the arthritis and we'll talk.
Hit Dairy Queen, where we snabbled milkshakes to tide us over while we grabbed Hexapuma, who was still having catbox issues this morning before we left, and raced him back down to Waterville. He received a muscle relaxant shot (for bladder spasms) and a pill. Hexapuma, lest ye be unaware, hatesHatesHATES to be pilled. The doctor called in reinforcements -- a slender young lady armed with a large, floofy towel -- in order to get the first pill in place, and then not easily. He then handed us the bottle with instructions to, "Do that again tomorrow."
We are now home. Steve is a Hero of the Revolution, having accompanied me to the knee consultation and sat through the exam, and! driving like a pro in order to deliver the PumaCat to the doctor before the office closed for lunch.
I am now Officially Exhausted, and am contemplating a nap in lieu of lunch.
Oh, and it's raining.
Verdict, after x-ray and discussion: Some arthritis, not much; some cartilage wear, minor. Possible tear in the cartilage, and thus there is an MRI in my very near future. If cartilage is torn, then laparoscopic surgery to mend it. If not a tear, then it's the arthritis and we'll talk.
Hit Dairy Queen, where we snabbled milkshakes to tide us over while we grabbed Hexapuma, who was still having catbox issues this morning before we left, and raced him back down to Waterville. He received a muscle relaxant shot (for bladder spasms) and a pill. Hexapuma, lest ye be unaware, hatesHatesHATES to be pilled. The doctor called in reinforcements -- a slender young lady armed with a large, floofy towel -- in order to get the first pill in place, and then not easily. He then handed us the bottle with instructions to, "Do that again tomorrow."
We are now home. Steve is a Hero of the Revolution, having accompanied me to the knee consultation and sat through the exam, and! driving like a pro in order to deliver the PumaCat to the doctor before the office closed for lunch.
I am now Officially Exhausted, and am contemplating a nap in lieu of lunch.
Oh, and it's raining.
