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Originally Posted by pepe mint  the leg that she broke several months ago seems to be bothering her all of a sudden. I don't think she has been hurt, and she isn't crying or anything like that. but she is holding it up a lot more than usual lately. she has always held it a little if she had been laying down for a while or something....but the last 2 days, she has been holding it up a lot more.
I just wonder if it is some type of arthritis or something  I am going to take her in to the vet tomorrow and talk to them about it. I hate for her to feel bad. I gave her some baby asprin yesterday but i don't know if I should be doing that or not. I'll just have them do an x-ray to make sure everything is ok with the healing process of her leg and go from there.
my poor little baby |
aw i'm sorry her leg is bothering her. Please do NOT give her asprin. Asprin effects the ability for blood to clot and if god forbid she needs to go under again the asprin may have an effect. One time is not going to hurt her, but if you were to give it to her every day for a little bit it would be a probably if surgery was needed.
Its good you made an appt for her, that's what i was going to tell you to do. it might be nothing, but then again it might be something. The implants might be bothering her and might have to be taken out, or she might have broken something again, tho unlikely if you haven't noticed anything. Do not feed her the morning before her appt incase they need to sedate her to take proper x-rays.
NOTE: Asprin is ok to use every once and a while for healthy dogs that do not have any problems. I do not recommend giving asprin to dogs that have had surgery before or might need surgery in the future. Especially orthopedic patients. you never know when something might happen and surgery is needed again. Like i said before, asprin effects the blood ability to clot.