[Gracie2006]

Gracie had grade 3 in her right leg and grade 2 in her left leg , she had surgery on both about 6 weeks ago. The surgeon said that during surgery, clinically, it was the left that was worse than the right. This is interesting because she was not always bearing weight on the right leg. Some things to think about are: 1. Symptoms don't alway correlate to degree of severity. My girl friend is a vet and says that LP causes pain with every step (grade 2 and above), even if the dog does not show it. 2. Even though things may seem "fine" now, every time the patella luxates it is causing friction and down the road, this will result in degeneration of the knee joint. By then it will be too late to do anything about it. I chose to fix both of Gracie's patella's now, as that is the only way to ensure that she won't be disabled from it down the road. It's a tough decision to make, but one that so far I don't regret. I could never live with myself if I could have done something to prevent her from being crippled and didn't.