A little background on Clewie... we adopted her about 6 weeks ago. She's about a year old, 35 lbs, a pitbull mix. Shortly after bringing her home we started to notice that she would sometimes hold up her left leg . And the thigh muscle was atrophied compared to her right strong well defined thigh.
At her initial visit with the vet and after an xray, we learned that she had a previous trauma to her femer and needed surgery, our vet recommended a FHO.
Fortunately the shelter we adopted her from agreed to help up out with the cost of the surgery. So we proceeded to set up a consult with their surgeon. The downside is between all the coordination and us getting a second opinion from another surgeon, it took another month until we could actually schedule the FHO.
But here we are now, a week away from the big day and I'm scared.
I downloaded a copy of a rehab guide from Top dog health and have started teaching her some exercises which will be part of her rehab:
- sit
- down
- spin right
- spin left
- heel exercises
- laying down with the weight of a cooling pack
We've been bringing her to play so she can enjoy herself this last week. Today, Greg called me to let me know how Clewie was doing. She had a play date with Cleo the day before yesterday for about an hour, then yesterday she played at the beach for about 40 minutes, then today had a 30 min playdate with Yahtzee. She's paying the price and limping today. Just a reminder that we really need to get her hip taken care of.
It's silly to hope it's the right decision when I know she can't be on drugs her whole life, and even that doesn't keep her from being in pain. She's on Rimadyl twice a day now and Tramadol when she limps.
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