It happens, Rebecca. When Dolly had her surgery, the specialist came to my vet’s hospital to do the surgery. He said she has a grade I on the other knee, so I hope that she can get along the rest of her life with no surgery. She is not the daredevil that Desi is.
One word of possible advice: If he is going to go under anesthesia, think of other things that he may need done. When Desi was neutered, I had the vet remove his dewclaws. When Dolly had her knee surgery, I had her nails cut way back; when Mandy (my neighbor’s dog) had her teeth cleaned, Judy had her dew claws removed. Now is the time to think if there is anything else that he would need to be under anesthesia for, and make that one time of anesthesia be the only one for him. Praying for you and your boy! Joan From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rebecca Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 6:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Diego.....UGH I will look into it!! Thank you Joan. Poor guy is on total rest per vet instruction. Took him out of his big crate to the tiny one. Poor little dude isn't happy. It's odd really, he hurts himself jumping. Not by the two Danes he plays with, but by jumping. Ugh Rebecca Sent from my iPhone On Mar 12, 2012, at 9:15 PM, Joan Croft <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Rebecca, Please look into the Trupanion insurance and see if there is a waiting period for a pre-existing condition. Dolly had the luxating patella, which may have never been a problem, but Desi jumped on top of her on my bed when she was under the blankets. She did well, and I would have liked to keep her on the meds a little longer because I KNOW when she is having a problem, and the one vet that I got when I took her in for her vaccine has a negative attitude and he believed that he was the gift to all the world. He no longer works at my vet’s office, so perhaps his attitude problem got to the boss. I have read since then that if the meds are stopped before the right time for each particular dog, that it will take longer recovery initially and also have more problems with the weather. Dolly had her surgery in March and the first winter she would stiffen up a lot. I put heated rice packs on her knee and then worked the exercises again. This past winter (the second since her surgery) she has had no problems that I have seen. She was running around chasing Desi not too long after the stitches came out. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rebecca Bate Sent: Monday, March 12, 2012 6:01 PM To: Chi Subject: [Chihuahuas] Diego.....UGH So here is the story of why I was asking about luxating patella. Yesterday Diego jumped off of something "wrong" and hurt his back leg. He always bunny hopped a bit on that leg anyways but now won't hardly bear weight on it. I could feel his patella moving out of place this evening :( took him to the vet and sure enough its a grade 3 now. Vet said wait two weeks, keep him on pain meds and anti-inflam meds. Maybe its soft tissue swelling thats pushing it out worse. So wait and see. I am sick over the thought of this surgery. The 1200 price tag and the recovery time. I also have read some that the surgery doesn't have a great success rate. So I don't know what to think right now. I feel really sorry for the poor little guy. We will do whatever is needed, just don't know what that may be right now! Any thoughts or input would be great! Rebecca =
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