1. Some daunting news.

Dear diary, Monday November 16. 

I am frightened. 

Catherine and I went to the doctors this morning. We were told that My elastic was giving out. The tests they did on Friday when I was unconscious showed the corrosion was showing on my other joints. I burst into tears. 

The doctor asked about my posture before the accident. I've always stooped a little bit I guess to keep my balance.  Catherine said she had noticed that, come to think of it when we were in Oahu last year, the picture of Llew and I that she uses for her profile pic, but didn't think it had any underlying cause as lots of different dolls balance differently.

Catherine asked Was there anything that could be done to repair the damage, or slow the process?

The doctor had consulted with a specialist over the weekend. Replacing the elastic would be tricky, each joint being separately strung and internally cupped with no obvious seams to use as access. It was also impossible to tell how long before my other joints would give way but any pains I started to get would be a sign. I don't know if Catherine could read my mind but I think she knew that I had started to feel pain in my right leg. 

There was always the option of a character transfer. The eternal goldfish method where you just replace one fish with another and pretend they are the same fish. Catherine didn't want this, i think it might be the easiest option though, if she still wanted me to exist. 

There was one other the doctor said. The specialist had successfully done it once only but it had been from their first attempt, which was a good sign, but it needed to be realised it was still in its experimental stage, and not yet approved by the medical board. It was a body transplant. Meaning I'd keep my head, there'd still be part of the original me, but I would have a new body. The body would have to be the later release 100+ poses. Meaning it'd be able to bend at the ankle, knee(and hold), elbow and wrist along with the other functions I already have (chest, arms, legs and neck). The 100+ poses body was not perfect either, but the elastic corrosion was eliminated, as there wasn't any. Catherine was optimistic. 

What if it didn't work though, I asked. 

But what if it did, she replied. Imagine the pose abilities, and if it didn't work the first time we would keep trying until it did. 

The doctor suggested we think about it. He would check into more about the elastic condition. He suggested I talk to the girl it had been successful on, and if I had any friends with the 100+ poses body as their original, maybe talk to them about it. 

What to do?

Maddie.