They are usually a temporary fix. There's a great yahoogroup called "conservative management" that deals with the obviously alternative options to ACL/CCL surgery.
Sent from Carey's iPhone On Apr 10, 2012, at 5:15 PM, "Deanna Corey" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Peggy...wasn’t it you a few years back sharing info about this surgery and > It’s possible failure or lack of effectiveness?? I remember someone posting a > few articles about it...thought it was you...might be something great for > Rebecca to read prior to surgery. I know those articles dissuaded someone at > the time as they were extremely informative. I thought I saved them on my > hard drive but I cant find them now...was it you?? > > In the Dog Park! > Deanna > > From: Peggy & The Girls > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:57 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] NCR but still very sweet > > LOL! Love, love, love, the picture! Too much dog for me though, lol. Sorry > to hear that Diego has to through the surgery. Seems I am hearing a lot of > chis going through this again. That is an incredible cheap price. Prayers for > a successful surgery and a speedy recovery. Keep us posted as to how he does. > > <GIRLS&~1.PNG> > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Rebecca > Date: 4/10/2012 7:24:25 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Chihuahuas] NCR but still very sweet [1 Attachment] > > > > Thought I share a cute pic of my hubby with Daisy > > Also wanted to update you all on Diego. He has a very bad luxating petella. > I've been shopping for vets to do this surgery. Found one yesterday that is > apparently very good and charges $600 to do it. Some wanted $2500 yikes. The > surgery will be scheduled tomorrow. Hopefully he will heal quickly. I just > feel so sorry for the little guy! > > > > >
