This man is my son's consultant surgeon, and an absolute genius.

We had a session at his clinic this morning, and had some new xrays of Tom's hand taken. All seems well, but for a moment it looked like he might want to do one more operation (that would be Tom's sixth). But he decided we should wait for a year and see if there was a real need for it next summer.

Tom was pretty relieved, to say the least. But again, as always, it's good to know that we're in the hands (sorry) of someone who knows completely what he's doing and genuinely has our interests at heart.

And just to prove that consultants have a sense of humour....