Dillon has been under the knife again today, as the original surgery had broken down because the skin that the internal stitches were in was so badly damaged that it has died away so everything had come adrift in his knee again. Anyway, a double repair has now been done, he's staying at vets overnight, and should be back home tomorrow. Apparently he's being very well behaved for the vet nurses, but he did hiss at the vet yesterday - first time I'd ever heard him hiss in 9 years - he's more of a growler. He is very very sore though and will be for many days.
Fingers crossed this time he'll be ok. Was feeling very positive until I phoned my sister to tell her Dillon was OK, and found out her Cockatiel Zorba had died overnight, at 14 yrs he was a good age for a parrakeet, but it's still very sad.
Only other animal lovers can really appreciate how we feel when something happens to the non human members of our families, so all your good wishes have really helped the last week or so, and I'm sure many of you can appreciate how my little sis is feeling today.