It's unfortunate that she'll require arthroscopic surgery, great to hear that all the injuries are reparable. It'll take a while though.
I just noticed your avatar -- I'm currently reading the 4th book; it's been a pretty good series. They keep selling out at my local WaldenBooks -- it would be interesting to know how much impact the HBO series "Game of Thrones" had on book sales -- I'm guessing a LOT.
I've had the books for years, but for some reason could never get into them. I read a few chapters of the first book and stopped. Once I watched the series everything kinda clicked and I'm on book 4 also and book five is due out next month. They are at the top of Amazon's lists so I'm guessing you are correct.