Cruciate Repair: Why Ty Won’t Be Walking Much for the Next 6 Weeks
Posted by Kristen King on August 25
(www.meowbarkblog.com) — Mr. Bighead started holding up his right rear leg again on Friday and still couldn’t walk on it last night, so we called the vet for an appointment first thing this morning. The diagnosis: Ty has officially torn the cruciate ligament in his right knee. And I don’t mean "torn" as in tiny tear that will heal in a week or two, but "torn" as in completely severed it.
"This is one brave man," the vet said as he examined Ty’s hurt leg. "He is in a LOT of pain."
He arranged his schedule to be able to operate on Ty tomorrow, so we’re taking him in at 8 for surgery. And as I’m sure you can imagine, I will spend the whole day calling the vet every 15 minutes to see how it’s going. Jesse and I are totally freaking out about the thought of our big guy going under the knife, but we are trying to stay moderately sane and keep him calm so his pain levels stay as low as possible.
My poor baby…
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August 28th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
aw, poor sweetie. Poor you. Good luck.
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