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Originally Posted by Hickey007  Thanks, she is doing very well. Running around just like before she had the surgery. I think for the most part they do return to normal and don't have many problems. I don't think, though I could be wrong, that I've heard any horror stories with the surgery. The spec. said that we could do the next knee immediately or a lot of people give it a couple months break. I think we are going to wait until just after Christmas. He said that unless she starts having problems this should be ok. I'm waiting simply because Reagan loves being outside and is outside a good part of the day when the weather is nice. Her first surgery put her out of commission for pretty much all of spring and if we had gone ahead with the next leg now fall would be out too. I'd rather do it when she's going to be inside more anyway like winter.
Like I said earlier I know the cringe feeling. My sister actually has felt the popping several times too. She has also done the cringe move and set her down b/c it was popping, but like you said it just doesn't seem to bother them. We were really hesitant about the surgery too, like you. It seemed strange that she would need the surgery, especially as costly as it is, when she isn't even phased by it. I think once I had left the specialists office there was no longer a doubt in my mind. I had really gotten a good feeling from him and he wasn't trying to pressure me at all. He said to go home and research it and if I decided to go ahead to call and make an appointment. Go in with some questions, and don't hesitate spending how much ever time needed talking to him, you should feel comfortable with it before you go ahead with the surgery. |
I am so glad to hear that Reagan is doing well. I made an appointment with the ortho specialist this morning. I am going to see him next week. I have so many questions that I need to write them down. The most important one I think is to ask him what are the pros and cons of surgery? I have many more but what questions did you ask? I am sure you thought of something I didn't so please let me know as many questions as you can, thanks.