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Mrs. Fuzzy update: No MRI. The doc drained 40 cc's of fluid and gave her a cortizone shot.

Posted by Fuzzy (aka mrfuzzy) Apr 24 '12, 09:47

Said the fluid had a little bit of a meniscal look to it but he's not concerned at this point. He wants to give it two weeks and see how she's doing at that point. Gave her a work excuse until Friday with the option to extend it if she doesn't feel better by then.

She says the fluid drain helped and it does feel better now -- aside from the hole where he inserted the turkey baster to drain the fluid.

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This is a knee? Yikes! That's an odd place to store fluid... - Old Antarctic Explorer Apr 24, 10:17
Hopefully that will help a lot. -- nm - Kim Pine Apr 24, 09:55
glad to hear it's better. -- nm - Andie Apr 24, 09:54
I always assumed the needle was a normal needle size when I've read about this stuff in the medical records. How big was the needle? -- nm - sycor Apr 24, 09:50 3
- I'm not sure exactly which size he used, but I think he said 16 gauge (??) -- nm - Fuzzy Apr 24, 09:52 2
  - that's the size used for donating blood. -- nm - loosilu Apr 24, 10:10
  - yeesh. Well, at least she is feeling better. Hopefully that will continue -- nm - sycor Apr 24, 09:54
I'm glad to hear that the drainage provided relief. The hole is going to hurt for a while. -- nm - David Apr 24, 09:49
geesh - that is a lot of fluid - no wonder it felt bad. - Epiphany Apr 24, 09:48

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Mrs. Fuzzy update: No MRI. The doc drained 40 cc's of fluid and gave her a cortizone shot.

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