Thanks for the replies and great info. I spoke to the orthapedic surgeon on Saturday when I took him on Saturday. He was scheduled for surgery and I didn't go through with it. Apparently the surgery is not specifically for the LP, it's for the torn ligament that they determined from doing physical tests on his leg.
I'm just concerned that no x-ray was taken. I understand that you can't see ligaments from x-rays, but an MRI or CT Scan shows ligaments but the surgeon said they only conduct an mri or ct scan if they are uncertain it's a torn ligament after doing the physical movement tests on the leg.
He's almost 4 yrs old and this is the 1st time he's held his leg up and limped. Nothing that I know of occurred for the injury to happen. He's an indoor dog 100% who goes on pee pads and with me literally 24/7. He's not in pain it doesn't seem. He lets me touch it and squeeze it. Even the vet had no problem conducting the tests. I'm just real confused on what to do. |