Dovetails

 Ellie was dropped off soon after 06:30. She was already dressed and ready for school. She had a cuddle and quick chat with me before heading upstairs to see Nana. When the time came, we escorted her to school and dropped her off at the classroom. Di headed home to get ready for Pilates, and I set off on my walk.

By the time I arrived back home, Diane had already gone. I settled down with some breakfast and then worked through my mental list of things to do. None of these items took long, and I was just finishing up when ~Di arrived back home.

We had a quick lunch and then set off for the hospital. The first appointment of the afternoon was for a blood test. Then we had a short wait before "Joint School". This wasn't quite what I expected. I had been hoping to get some lessons on making sliding dovetail joints and box joints. I was disappointed. It was a 90-minute presentation discussing replacement knee joints. We had the opportunity to examine one of the implants and had a very thorough discussion regarding what to expect, how to prepare, and the recovery process from surgery. The session was run by one of the physios and demonstrated many of the exercises that the patient would have to do post-op and during the recovery. It was a very good session, and as Diane said, it is so much better to know what to expect, rather than speculate and guess.

Because of the session at the hospital, Zoe had to collect Ellie from football. Ellie went off with her friend, Poppy and Zoe came round to see how Di had got on, and tell us that she now has a date for her treatment. She will be going into The Nuffield next Wednesday. The treatment is only expected to take about 20 minutes, but she has to assume she will be very tired for a couple of days afterwards. So within the next two weeks, both of the family's flaky knees should be on the mend.