"Not to be cancelled unless absolutely necessary."
They're seven words that mean the world to 89-year-old Elaine Morgan.
Morgan, who has become a self-proclaimed "miserable old git" because of a debilitating knee injury, has been limping on a kneecap broken in three places for more than two years.
But after sharing her story with Hawke's Bay Today, Morgan heard on Monday that her wait for a surgery date is finally over.
Morgan's injury was misdiagnosed by an orthopedic registrar in December 2018 while she was on morphine, masking the true extent of the injury.