The Saga of the knee: Part II

The saga of the knee continues. Katrina has had problems since she returned from the snow, the CT was clear. But her knee has continued to plague her. It has collapsed under her a couple of times, so it was off to the Doctors again. He deemed it enough of a concern to get her into the orthopaedic surgeon the next day. Of course you can imagine the worst case scenarios were going through our minds as we contemplated the necessary visit. Not so bad, after an initial diagnosis from the G.P. about it possible being the cruciate ligament, the outcome was far more positive. The Ortho suspects the problem is the knee cap, so it’s off to physio, an MRI in 6 weeks and then 8 weeks time back to the Ortho for review.

Katrina has now had two weeks of physio, she has been shown how to tape her knee, she has thrown away the crutches, and the physio is happy with her progress. So now its wait and see.

Amy went away for a few days this week to stay with one of her nannies. Nanny Amy. Our Amy needed to be in Melbourne for some Chemistry prac’s as part of her distance Ed requirements. So she caught the train up Tuesday, shopped at DFO, went on to Rosanna and Stay with N.Amy, did her prac on Wednesday, stayed with N.Amy again and Came home via DFO again on Thursday.

When Amy went away her cat, Nutmeg was on heat, Nothing unusual there. But after 18 months of her trying to find a male companion, she finally attracted the attention of one of the local Tom’s. Funny thing was as soon as she got him, or did he get her? She cried so loudly she scared him, he dismounted, and ran a few feet away, she chased him and hissed at him, then proceeded to try and take a swipe at him. Then in the very next breath she rolls around on the ground like a ferret and starts crying for him again. So that cycle then repeated itself for the next day or so.

Anita went outside to shoo a cow away from our silver birches yesterday morning and stood on the step in her socks and the next thing I knew she was gone. Vanished like a UFO abductee. Actually she slipped and fell off the step and bruised her right palm and heel. She is okay so not to worry.

Robert is excited about his birthday party sleepover this weekend, and his birthday on Monday. It will be weekend of feasting boy style, chips, lollies, pies etc; Videogames on the X-Box; and of course the mandatory marathon movie session on Saturday night. I know I will be exhausted on Sunday!

I'll let you know how I coped next time!