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Originally Posted by amandawash  Oh Nicole you just made my night! I was so upset at the vet's I didn't ask about recovery prognosis or even about the other leg. Did she have both done or just one? How was the recovery? How long until she was "normal"? Do you worry about the other leg?
Thanks girl, I really appreciate it. I can't stand the thought of Ranger not being Ranger. |
She both legs done at the same time. An Ortho Specialist did the surgery. When she opened Roxy's legs she saw that her bone structure has a slight curvature and decided and thought she could fix Roxy's luxation by just deepening the grooves and tightening her ligaments and muscles. Also, Roxy right knee cap was facing the wrong way. The Dr. used this judgement based on her experience and Roxy's legs....well...at the 6 week check up, Roxy's left leg was luxating again. She had surgery again a few weeks later. This time the Dr. did the original plan - cut and pin
All was good after that leg was repaired. By about 1 month later, the pin migrated and was causing a cyst to form that was the size of a hazelnut. So the pin had to be removed, no biggie, it happens...But then a month later, her right leg started to luxate again. But Roxy had developed a staph infection at the time so we put off repairing that leg. Then we spent the last year discovering Roxy's liver issues (MVD) so I haven't even thought about putting her back under for surgery. I think that leg may be Grade I or II ~ but she doesn't show ANY discomfort or pain, so I just give her the Cosiquin daily and pray....
Keep us posted
Recovery is rough with both legs, but I would do it over that way. Only going thru one recovery by having both legs done at the same time (if they need to be) is what I would recommend.
Also, I would make sure they are doing the cut and pin ~ just deepening the groove is not worth the $ or putting them under
