Reagan is about to go back for a check up in a couple of weeks for her 12 week after surgery check up, the last one. I'm so happy, but then we have to decide when to do the other leg.
I will say our vet, well not our regular vet, the surgeon will only do one leg on a dog no matter the size. It is not just recommended at his office he will not do 2 at once. He wants one leg to completely heal before even considering the other leg. I'm not saying my Dr. is a God and is the end all I'm just saying that there are some out there that do not agree with the 2 legs at one time. I actually went in thinking we were going to be able to do 2 at once. I had read online that smaller dogs are ok to do 2 at one time and trust me since so many of you were able to have 2 done and it turned out ok it would've been sooo nice to save some money. But I completely trusted him and really like him and the rest of the staff.
And as far as the cast, Reagan had a cast, well I would call it a bandage, we were able to cut it off at home, for 3 days after returning home. They said it was ok to remove it sooner if it got messy. She did great with her recovery too. While standing she would just use that other leg for a while but for walking she was using them both a heck of a lot more that I thought she would. She is also one of those dogs who scratch after they go to the bathroom. She was doing that with both legs about a week after we got home, I always made her stop though I was scared she would injure it.
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