The knee, cont'd

Saw the ortho again on Monday to discuss the right knee MRI (which was a story in itself, see below). Results are: Torn ACL, grade III sprain of the MCL, and torn meniscus. Surgery is scheduled for a week from today (Nov 19th).
Also this week, had an MRI of the left knee (also causing a bit of pain). That MRI shows a grade I sprain of the MCL, but that just requires rest.
As for the other injuries, the ribs and back are still nagging, but not as bad as the knee. The ribs make it hard to sleep on her side, and once in a while a cough, sneeze, etc is an adventure. As Karen says: Sneezing is not as fun as it used to be.
Now about that right knee MRI: she also had some xrays that were suppossed to taken prior to the MRI that day. After waiting for an hour, she went up to the desk and asked what the hold up was. "oh, the xray is down, sorry". Great. Thanks for telling us. So then into the MRI. Now, one side effect of the injury is that she can't straighten her right knee without significant pain. So what do they do for the MRI? Force her leg straight and wedge it in place! 30 minutes of this. So when the MRI is over she says to the tech through clenched teeth: "Release my leg, please"
"What?"
"Release my leg?"
"Huh?"
"RELEASE MY LEG!!!!!"
Fortunately, the left MRI was much easier.

Somewhat off topic: did anyone out there send a package to our house in San Jose while we were in Maui? We have a note from the mailman that he left a package at the front door, but no one that was taking care of our house saw anything. We're afraid it might have been swiped off our front porch.