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SissaYSU · 06-15-2005, 02:27 PM

Well...
We picked him up from the vet today. Poor little guy tore a cruciate ligament. He has to have surgery on the 24th...dropped off at 8am and will stay overnight. After that he will have it wrapped for up to two months...he has to be confined for a month so what we're going to do is go out and buy a massive sized crate/cage and put his bed and dish and toys and whatever else in there with him...and of course we'll hold him every chance we get...he just can't be running around the entire house after his surgery.
I was so upset when I came back from the vet. I wasn't paying attention and ended up getting pulled over for going 50 in a 25

Cop comes up and at that point I had been bawling for a while...she thought I was crying cuz I got pulled over. I, being a loser, ended up explaining to her it wasn't about her, it was about my dog getting hurt and needing surgery. She ended up being really nice saying she understood and ended up not giving me ticket...she said I was having a bad enough day the way it was. ((Give it up for nice cops)) I came home and put Bubba on my mom's bed with her and then I got Tyke and laid him on my bed and we took a short nap (he had been sedated for his exrays so he was a very sleepy little guy).
All I had to hear was the word "Surgery" from the vet and I lost it. My poor puppy

I asked him if it was a risky surgery for small dogs and he said it's a very common surgery. The surgery will involve drilling holes somewhere and placing artifical ligaments along the outside of his knee joint. There was a new technique that they used called TPLO but Tyke was too small to be elgible for such a surgery. It'll be up to three months before he can completely use that leg again. I can try and begin taking him on small weeks within two months after the surgery and then gradually work up to longer walks. The surgery is estimated to cost between $690-$900. We don't have that money right now so I am going to take it from my tuition money and then just pay the minimum when the bill for tuition comes. I have about 5000 sitting in my account right now that was to go towards tuition but Tyke needs the surgery and there's no ifs ands or buts about it. I will quickly earn that back and then pay off the rest of my tuition instead of paying it in tull the first time.
Right now, until the surgery, we just need to have him take it easy. We carry him down the stairs, if he wants on the couch we'll lift him onto the couch.
Send him happy thoughts on the 24th...if something happens to the little guy I dunno what I'd do

Thanks everyone

-Melissa

06-15-2005, 02:27 PM	#1
SissaYSU Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: ohio Posts: 229	Tyke ruptured his ligament =( Well... We picked him up from the vet today. Poor little guy tore a cruciate ligament. He has to have surgery on the 24th...dropped off at 8am and will stay overnight. After that he will have it wrapped for up to two months...he has to be confined for a month so what we're going to do is go out and buy a massive sized crate/cage and put his bed and dish and toys and whatever else in there with him...and of course we'll hold him every chance we get...he just can't be running around the entire house after his surgery. I was so upset when I came back from the vet. I wasn't paying attention and ended up getting pulled over for going 50 in a 25 Cop comes up and at that point I had been bawling for a while...she thought I was crying cuz I got pulled over. I, being a loser, ended up explaining to her it wasn't about her, it was about my dog getting hurt and needing surgery. She ended up being really nice saying she understood and ended up not giving me ticket...she said I was having a bad enough day the way it was. ((Give it up for nice cops)) I came home and put Bubba on my mom's bed with her and then I got Tyke and laid him on my bed and we took a short nap (he had been sedated for his exrays so he was a very sleepy little guy). All I had to hear was the word "Surgery" from the vet and I lost it. My poor puppy I asked him if it was a risky surgery for small dogs and he said it's a very common surgery. The surgery will involve drilling holes somewhere and placing artifical ligaments along the outside of his knee joint. There was a new technique that they used called TPLO but Tyke was too small to be elgible for such a surgery. It'll be up to three months before he can completely use that leg again. I can try and begin taking him on small weeks within two months after the surgery and then gradually work up to longer walks. The surgery is estimated to cost between $690-$900. We don't have that money right now so I am going to take it from my tuition money and then just pay the minimum when the bill for tuition comes. I have about 5000 sitting in my account right now that was to go towards tuition but Tyke needs the surgery and there's no ifs ands or buts about it. I will quickly earn that back and then pay off the rest of my tuition instead of paying it in tull the first time. Right now, until the surgery, we just need to have him take it easy. We carry him down the stairs, if he wants on the couch we'll lift him onto the couch. Send him happy thoughts on the 24th...if something happens to the little guy I dunno what I'd do Thanks everyone -Melissa __________________ I'VE BEEN EGGED!!!!