Glad to hear some success stories! Diego's is a stage 4 8( But it wasn't until he jumped wrong, before that it was a stage 1. The other leg is totally fine! Thankfully. I am terrified about the recovery, i work for two more months (school will be out June 5th) but I can't see letting it wait any longer. I do let him play some now, but a lot of rest. I really just don't think it's fair to put it off any longer
Rebecca Bate Sent from my iPad On Apr 10, 2012, at 8:59 PM, joan_croft <[email protected]> wrote: > Dolly did very well...she slept on top of my bed or in the stroller. Keeping > Desi away was a little difficult, but he was only 7 months old. During the > night he removhed some of her stitches, Therapy she tolerated well, with no > problems. It was simple for me to do the leg extensions with her. Surgery was > March 2010. First winter we had some problems but a heated rice pack for 5 > minutes and then we did the stretches. No problems this past winter, and she > can run very fast when shecwants to. > > > > > Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab > > Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> wrote: > > No, not me. To the contrary I have known personally a couple of people that > had it done on a Yorkie, and two chis, and it was very successful. I have > heard of others in different groups that it was a very hard thing to go > through, especially during recovery and for the first week, you have to keep > the dog inactive, which is very difficult especially if you have a hyper dog, > but they all said it was worth it. I only know of one case where the recovery > has been going on for months and not so successful, but then having read the > constant post, my personal feeling was that this particular Vet wasn't a good > surgeon to begin with. I think it all depends on how servere the knees are > and mainly how good a surgeon the Vet is. All surgeries are risky for a chi, > and it's a heart stop until they come out of the anesthesia. > > > > > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Deanna Corey > Date: 4/10/2012 5:16:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] NCR but still very sweet > > > 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. > > > > > > > -------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! > > >
