Patient Number 1, Jan, went to see her broken arm doctor today at the hospital and he’s pleased with her progress. Now she’s allowed to lift one kilogram with her left arm (instead of the previous instruction of nothing heavier than a cup of tea!) and (hurrah!) she can drive again.
She’s still complaining that the arm is a bit lumpy but the bio-oil seems to be helping diminish the scar (although Dr Frankenstein would be quite happy with the result, I’m sure). She’s off to England to see her mum this week, so at least she’ll be able to drive while she’s there.
Patient Number 2, the limping cat Ripley, has had several visits to the vet, blood tests and examinations (hundreds of $$, of course). He refused to limp at all at the vet surgery the first time and pretended he was perfectly healthy. I managed to get some video this time and showed her on the iPhone how bad he was. The possible diagnosis is an auto-immune disease giving him arthritis. The treatment is cortisone (prednisolone) tablets and antibiotics to see how he goes.
Let’s hope that does the trick.
