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Originally Posted by llcornell  How is Ozzy doing???? |
Ozzy was neutered last week and had his dental. He only has eight teeth left now. Such a shame this poor little guy who is estimated to be 6 or 7 seems to never have been cared for very well.
He went to the orthopedic surgeon today and he said just what the regular vet had said...that Ozzy either had Legg-Perthes or a fracture in his hip long ago and he has been in pain all of this time. He is going to be scheduled for a femoral head ostomy as soon as possible. He is quite the little character....amazing that he can even stand up though ..the x-rays look so painful. He does lift the leg a lot...and it shakes when he holds it up. Just awful.
Both vets told me that the poor little guy has probably never felt good...and that he has just learned to live with the pain. Makes me so mad that someone could have let him live like that.
In spite of all of that, I must say he is quite the spunky little guy, true to his breed. I imagine he will be a total yorkshire terrorist after he is pain free!
He also has chronic IVD which will be maintained with anti-inflammatories. The surgeon feels that the kyphosis of the spine was probably due to an interverterbral infection perhaps as a puppy.
Oh...and he had a growth removed from his side last week and the biopsy came back ok..so that is a good thing! He had a cyst on his eyelid that was also removed, but it is back again, so I need to speak with the vet about that.
Thanks for thinking of Ozzy!
