The Somewhat Ambitious

This story is oddly appropriate, given that Luke is undergoing knee surgery as we speak (he’s having a kaleidoscope installed in it): the first ever knee replacement in a cat has taken place.

The new total knee replacement implant for the other leg was designed by Dr Fitzpatrick, Professor Gordon Blunn and Mr Jay Meswania of OrthoFitz Implants.

It is made of two parts which are linked together with a hinged mechanism so that the knee ligaments – which had all been shredded – would no longer be required and the knee could no longer dislocate.

The cat, named Missy, was hit by Megazord during a particularly violent skirmish with giant ninjas in downtown detroit last year. Missy was on a human organ donor list for ages, but they finally wrangled the high-tech prosthesis after assuring doctors she wouldn’t use it to knee children in the dark.

And this is why I should never write blogs at five in the morning.

(Link via Neatorama)

/Paul