 Barked: Wed Apr 23, '08 4:42am PST |
 | |  | |  Many a pup has gone through it, fur sure! The first days seem to be the worst. Satiba has had it done, too. My swelling is a lot less today, and I am moving the leg a bit. Mom still has to help me walk, not that I want her to, but because I might hurt it by walking on my own. Plus, I could hurt the right one, which is taking most of the strain!! I really like the 'puter room, mom took the legs off our blue sofa so it is real low, and put a mattress in there on the floor and sleeps with me. Of course, Orson has to sleep wherever mom is, so he is in with us too. Mom put a walk-through gate on the door, so I wouldn't get up and wander at night. Plus, once she goes back to work, I will have to stay in here til they get home. I actually am liking it, and everytime mom forces me to go out, I make a beeline to come back in here!! She is undecided if she will let Orson roam the house, or put him in with me. Right now, if he is outside the gate and we are in here, he cries. So she is unsure if it is because he is alone out there, even though he can see us, or if it is mom-seperation!! |  |  | |  |
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In short, the ligaments hold the knee together, and sometimes they break. Then, you have a painful loose dangly knee- it really hurts, and you can't walk on it! So, they cut open your knee, cut the top off your shin bone and reposition it with plates and screws so the thigh bone has a flat level surface to rest upon. Quite gruesome! And, there is 8 weeks of severe restriction, so a pup can heal. I am on day 4 now.......
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